Authority, Identity and the Social History of the Great War (0) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157181017X ISBN 13: 9781571810175

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 1995

Synopsis

The unprecedented scope and intensity of the First World War has prompted an enormous body of retrospective scholarship. However, efforts to provide a coherent synthesis about the war's impact and significance have remained circumscribed, tending to focus either on the operational outlines of military strategy and tactics or on the cultural legacy of the conflict as transmitted by the war's most articulate observers. This volume departs from traditional accounts on several scores: by exploring issues barely touched upon in previous works, by deviating from the widespread tendency to treat the experiences of front and homefront isolation, and by employing a thematic treatment that, by considering the construction of authority and identity between 1914 and 1918, illuminates the fundamental question of how individuals, whether in uniform or not, endured the war's intrusion into so many aspects of their public and private lives.

About this title

Review:

"The collection's thoughtful coverage and imaginative treatment make it useful for upper-division undergraduates and important for graduate students and specialists." - Choice

About the Author:

Frans Coetzee teaches in the history department at George Washington University. Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee teaches in the history department at George Washington University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 157181017X
• ISBN 13: 9781571810175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386
• Editor: Coetzee Frans, Shevin-Coetzee Marilyn