Great War Britain
Gosling, Lucinda2014
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The declaration of war in August 1914 was to change Britain and British society irrevocably as conflict came to dominate almost every aspect of civilian life for the next four years. Popular, weekly magazines such as 'The Tatler', 'The Sketch' and 'The Queen', recorded the national preoccupations of the time and in particular, the upper class experience of war. Targeted at a well-heeled, largely female audience, these magazines were veteran reporters of aristocratic balls, the latest Parisian fashions and society engagements, but quickly adapted to war-like conditions without ever quite losing their gossipy essence. This book explores these magazines and their fascinating, and at times amusing, feminine perspective of life on the Home Front during World War One.
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Great War Britain / by Lucinda Gosling.
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Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2014.
Collation:
240 pages ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9780752491882 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.3'41940.341
Language:
English
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BRN:
1894008
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