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Women and the First World War.
The First World War was the first modern, total war, one requiring the mobilisation of both civilians and combatants. Particularly in Europe, the main theatre of the conflict, this war demanded the active participation of both men and women. Women and the First World War provides an introduction to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Seminar studies in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Author's Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Chronology; PART ONE: BACKDROP; 1. INTRODUCTION; PART TWO: EXPERIENCES OF WAR; 2. THE WAR BEGINS: PROPAGANDA, RECRUITMENT AND STATE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES; Feminine Images in Propaganda; The 'Rape of Belgium', the Bryce Report and Atrocity Propaganda; Beyond Images: White Feathers and the Recruiting of Men; Separation Allowances and Widows' Pensions; 3. WOMEN'S WAR WORK: REMUNERATIVE, VOLUNTARY AND FAMILIAL.
- Recruitment, Mobilisation and ExperienceWaged War Work in Factories; Social Welfare and Police Work; The Medical Professions; On the Land; Female Spies and the Question of Wartime Treason; Women's Unpaid Work; 'The Kitchen is the Key to Victory': Work in the Home; Munitions versus Motherhood: Attitudes to War and Work; 4. WOMEN IN THE LINE OF FIRE; Life under Occupation in Europe; In the Army: Women's Military Services; The Experience of Battle at Home; 5. MORALE, MORALITY AND SEXUALITY; Loosening the Double Standard?: Morale and Morality at Home; 'War Babies': Illegitimacy and Sexuality.
- Women as 'Suspect'Prostitution, Regulation and 'The Hidden Scourge'; The War and Gender Disruption; 6. PACIFISM, DISSENT AND REVOLUTION; Women's Anti-militarism and War Resistance, c. 1914-16; The Prosecution of Women's Anti-war Activity; Strikes, Protests and War-weariness, 1917; Protests and Radicalism in Asia; Women and Revolution: Ireland, Russia and Germany; PART THREE: EFFECTS OF WAR; 7. ASSESSING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR FOR WOMEN; Wartime and Postwar Changes in Women's Political Rights; The Effect on Women's Employment; Social Welfare Policy and Cultural Change.
- Mourning and Commemoration8. CONCLUSION; PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS; Glossary; Who's Who; Bibliography; Index.