For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War
Jones, Heather, 1978-2021
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This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions of monarchism in the British war effort. Heather Jones examines how the conflict changed British cultural attitudes to the monarchy, arguing that the conflict ultimately helped to consolidate the crown's sacralised status. She looks at how the monarchy engaged with war recruitment, bereavement, gender norms, as well as at its political and military powers and its relationship with Ireland and the empire. She considers the role that monarchism played in military culture and examines royal visits to the front, as well as the monarchy's role in home front morale and in interwar war commemoration.
Main title:
For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War / Heather Jones.
Author:
Jones, Heather, 1978-, author
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Collation:
xiii, 576 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781108429368 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.341092B
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1911777
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