Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914–1919: 2 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Series Number 25) - Softcover

Winter, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107406978 ISBN 13: 9781107406971

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

This 2007 volume tackles the comparative social and economic history of the three capital cities of Britain, France and Germany during and immediately after the First World War. It takes in notions of identity, the various sites and rituals of city life, and civic and popular culture.

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Review of the hardback: 'For anybody interested in the history of the Great War from a non-military perspective, for historians of modernity and modernism, or urban historians of the early twentieth century, these two volumes will constitute a major work of reference for many years to come.' Journal of Urban History

'[This] rich collection of essays expands our knowledge of the Great War in exciting and interesting ways and it is good news that the new paperback makes it widely available.' Deborah Thom, Family and Community History

Reseña del editor:

This is the second volume of a pioneering two-volume comparative history of the capital cities of Britain, France and Germany during the Great War. Leading historians explore these wartime cities, from the railway stations where newcomers took on new identities to the streets they surveyed and the pubs, cafes and theatres they frequented, and examine notions of identity, the sites and rituals of city life, and wartime civic and popular culture. This volume, first published in 2007, offers a comparative cultural history of London, Paris and Berlin and reveals the great affinities and similarities between cities on both sides of the line. It shows the transnational character of metropolitan life and the different cultural resources which the men and women of these cities drew upon during 1500 days of war. The practices of metropolitan life go well beyond national histories and this volume suggests the outlines of a fully European history of the Great War.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107406978
• ISBN 13: 9781107406971
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 562