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European culture in the Great War : the arts, entertainment, and propaganda, 1914-1918
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European culture in the Great War : the arts, entertainment, and propaganda, 1914-1918

Author: Aviel Roshwald; Richard Stites
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare, 6.
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"It is a commonplace to refer to the First World War as a historical watershed, but the nature of that great cataclysm's impact upon European society and culture remains a hotly debated topic. Yet the English-language literature remains dominated by a disproportionate emphasis on the Western European experience." "This book seeks to redress the balance by giving equal attention to the countries of Eastern and Central  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Aviel Roshwald; Richard Stites
ISBN: 0521570158 9780521570152
OCLC Number: 39368363
Description: xii, 430 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Aviel Roshwald and Richard Stites --
Days and nights in wartime Russia : cultural life, 1914-1917 / Richard Stites --
German culture in the Great War / Peter Jelavich --
Culture in Poland during World War I / Harold B. Segel --
Jewish cultural identity in Eastern and Central Europe during the Great War / Aviel Roshwald --
Tragic carnival : Austrian culture in the First World War / Steven Beller --
Ambivalent patriots : Czech culture in the Great War / Claire Nolte --
Culture in Hungary during World War I / Joseph Held --
Culture in the south Slavic lands, 1914-1918 / Andrew Wachtel --
Between apology and denial : Bulgarian culture during World War I / Evelina Kelbetcheva --
Romania : war, occupation, liberation / Maria Bucur --
Occupation, propaganda, and the idea of Belgium / Sophie de Schaepdrijver --
Cultural life in France, 1914-1918 / Marc Ferro --
Impact of World War I on Italian political culture / Walter L. Adamson --
Popular culture in wartime Britain / Jay Winter.
Series Title: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare, 6.
Responsibility: edited by Aviel Roshwald and Richard Stites.
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"It is a commonplace to refer to the First World War as a historical watershed, but the nature of that great cataclysm's impact upon European society and culture remains a hotly debated topic. Yet the English-language literature remains dominated by a disproportionate emphasis on the Western European experience." "This book seeks to redress the balance by giving equal attention to the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, where the consequences and repercussions of the war were arguably even more drastic than in the West. This volume also distinguishes itself by focussing specifically on cultural change during the course of the war, as distinct from the after-effects and memories of the conflict. The broad comparative scope of this work is further enhanced by its treatment of high culture and popular culture in relation to one another, and within the framework of the political and military events of 1914-18."--BOOK JACKET.

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