Ebook {Epub PDF} Blighty: British Society In The Era Of The Great War by Gerard J. DeGroot

Summary. This is an analytical survey of Britain in the era of the Great War, focusing particularly on the period It questions the common assumption that, because the war had a devastating impact on the British people, its social consequences must therefore have been equally lasting. The book argues that prewar social structures and. out of 5 starsReview of Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October This book written by acclaimed writer and historian Gerard J. DeGroot is a book easy to read and one which is not easily put down. Within the book various topics and questions are brought forth which bring to light many aspects of Britain and her Empire in the years /5(7). Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War. Blighty.: Gerard J. De Groot. Longman, - History - pages. 0 Reviews. Because we assume momentous events must have momentous consequences, we too easily accept the conventional wisdom that the Great War of shook British society to its foundations, leaving nothing of the prewar world www.doorway.ru: Gerard J. De Groot.

Recent historiography, however, has shown a new sensitivity to the power of tradition in British society, and its ability to contain and neutralise radical social change. Now, in this impressive study - the first major treatment of the theme - Gerard DeGroot examines every aspect of society in the period (c. ) to understand what actually. Now, in this impressive study - the first major treatment of the theme - Gerard DeGroot examines every aspect of society in the period (c. ) to understand what actually happened to the people of Britain during and after the trial by fire. As well as incorporating the latest scholarship, he makes rich, and often very moving, use of. DeGroot, Gerard J. Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War, , London New York: Longman, , ISBN Eisenhower, Dwight D. Public Papers of the Presidents,

DOI: /choice Corpus ID: Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War @inproceedings{GrootBlightyBS, title={Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War}, author={De Groot and J Gerard}, year={} }. Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War. Blighty.: Gerard J. De Groot. Longman, - History - pages. 0 Reviews. Because we assume momentous events must have momentous consequences, we too easily accept the conventional wisdom that the Great War of shook British society to its foundations, leaving nothing of the prewar world intact. Gerard J. DeGroot, Blighty: British society in the era of the Great War. (London and New York: Longman, ) Pages xiv+ £ - Volume 14 Issue 2.