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Total War and Social Change

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  • © 1988

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  1. Arthur Marwick
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. World War I and Women in France

    • James F. McMillan
    Pages 1-15

  3. World War I and the Working Class in Britain

    • Alastair Reid
    Pages 16-24

  4. The Social Consequences of World War I: The Case of Germany

    • Wolfgang J. Mommsen
    Pages 25-44

  5. The Social Consequences of World War II for the USSR

    • Paul Dukes
    Pages 45-57

  6. World War II and Social Change in Germany

    • Mark Roseman
    Pages 58-78

  7. World War II and Social Change in France

    • François Bédarida
    Pages 79-94

  8. Women, War and Social Change: Women in Britain in World War II

    • Penny Summerfield
    Pages 95-118

  9. Conclusion

    • Arthur Marwick
    Pages 119-125

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 126-134
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A collection of essays supported by statistics on the social consequences of the two world wars. It covers the main European countries and a range of major issues including the levels of economic activity, women's employment and the extent of executions of collaborators.

About the authors

ARTHUR MARWICK has been Professor of History at the Open University since 1969 and was formerly its Dean and Director of Studies in Arts. His visiting appointments include positions at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Stanford University, California, the hoover Institution and L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He has published extensively, concentrating on twentieth-century social history and the impact of war. His contribution to the philosophy of history, The Nature of History, is proving its enduring worth with a third edition in 1988.

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