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The Great War and the British People

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  • © 1985
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  1. J. M. Winter
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. The Demographic Costs of the Great War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Manpower and Military Service, 1914–1918

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 25-64

    3. The Lost Generation

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 65-99

  4. The Paradox of the Great War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Civilian Health in Wartime Britain

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 103-153

    3. Medical Care in Wartime

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 154-187

    4. Health Administration in Wartime

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 188-212

    5. Standards of Living and Standards of Health

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 213-245

  5. The Legacy of the Great War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. The Demographic Aftermath of the First World War

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 249-278

    3. Demographic History, Cultural History and Memories of War

      • J. M. Winter
      Pages 279-305

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 306-360
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About this book

This second edition of the classic bestseller by J.M. Winter, originally published by Macmillan in 1985, includes a new and up-to-date introduction. This was the first major study to highlight the paradox that a conflict that killed or maimed over two million men, also created conditions which improved the health of the civilian population. Examining both the war and its aftermath, Dr Winter surveys not only trends in population and the impact of the conflict on an entire generation, but also, more profoundly, the meaning of the literature of the period.

Reviews

Reviews of the First Edition:

'Dr Winter has written what will surely come to be regarded as a true classic in the writing of Twentieth-century British Social History.' - History Today

'One of the virtues of this book is to demonstrate that...quite complex things can be made accessible to the less numerate in clear, direct and highly readable words.' - New Society

'J. M. Winter's extremely nutritious book...will prove well nigh indispensible.' - Times Educational Supplement

About the author

J.M. WINTER is Professor of History at Columbia University.

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