Almost continuously in print for 40 years, this classic title describes life on the home front, analyzing the social changes that made Britain of the 1920s a vastly different place from the Britain that went to war in 1914. This reissued second edition features a new Preface by leading historian Joanna Bourke.
List of Illustrations
Preface to Reissued Second Edition; J.Bourke
Preface to Second Edition
Introduction: War and Social Change in Twentieth Century Britain
Preface
Early Days: August 1914-March 1915
Changed Men: 1915-1916
New Women: 1915-1916
Gentlemen in England Now Abed: 1915-1916
The Challenge to Laissez-faire
Seasons of Discontent: 1917-1918
Science and Collectivism
The End of the War
After the Deluge
Bibliography
Index.
