The Representation and Reality of War
The British Experience
Published on 15. April 1999
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7509-1861-9 (ISBN)
Description
How has war affected British society? How have periods of conflict and their outcomes altered perceptions of patriotism and Britishness? This collection of essays looks at the varieties of experiences of war, examining the impact of hostilities not only on those at the front line but also on politics, psychology and the economy at home. The contributions to this volume range from an examination of the Earl of Elgin's campaign in China to an investigation of conscientious objection in Huddersfield and from an analysis of sources relating to the English Civil War in Yorkshire to a discussion of the impact of the Second World War on education policy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The History Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-1861-9 (9780750918619)
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Content
Bradford, Leeds and the Civil War in the west riding of Yorkshire: literary sources and their interpretation, Keith Dockray; "proper objects of the press" - naval impressment and Habeas corpus in the French revolutionary wars, Philip Woodfine; "evangelical piety and gallic flippancy" - religion and popular protest in Halifax Parish in the age of revolution, John A. Hargreaves; John Stuart Mill on war, William Stafford; the ethics of war - the Earl of Elgin and the war with China, 1857-60, J.A.G. Roberts; conservative electoral strategy, creating political stability and the advent of mass democracy, 1914-18, Andrew Taylor; the Bradford independent labour party and the First World War, Tony Jowitt, Keith Laybourn; a community of resistance - the anti-war movement in Huddersfield, 1914-18, Cyril Pearce; "the minstrel boy to the war has gone" - rifleman 3008, Patrick MacGill and a soldier's experience of the First World War, David Taylor; Englishness - the case of H.V. Morton (1892-1979), Michael Bartholomew; "about turn" - the communist party of Great Britain and the Second World War, 1939-41, Keith Laybourn; the Second World War and the reform of further education in Britain, Brendan Evans.