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The Countryside at War 1914-18

Caroline Dakers

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Description:When war broke out in 1914, conscription seemed there was no shortage of volunteers ready to lay down their lives for England. Caroline Dakers explores exactly what ‘England’ meant to the men and women who fought, died, survived. She suggests that, with a little subliminal help from literature, art and propaganda, the British volunteer, whether factory worker, farm hand or public school boy, felt that he was fighting for a bucolic vision of ‘old England’―village, church, meadow and carthorse, rather than city, factory, commerce and motor car. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished papers and family archives, Dakers recreates the world of the countryside at war, through chapters on agriculture (literally 'the home front'), and life and death in the manor house, vicarage, school and farm. This is the most complete picture yet of the impact of the World War I on rural England; a war which, if only in the ubiquitous village war memorials, still reverberates today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Countryside at War 1914-18. To get started finding The Countryside at War 1914-18, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: When war broke out in 1914, conscription seemed there was no shortage of volunteers ready to lay down their lives for England. Caroline Dakers explores exactly what ‘England’ meant to the men and women who fought, died, survived. She suggests that, with a little subliminal help from literature, art and propaganda, the British volunteer, whether factory worker, farm hand or public school boy, felt that he was fighting for a bucolic vision of ‘old England’―village, church, meadow and carthorse, rather than city, factory, commerce and motor car. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished papers and family archives, Dakers recreates the world of the countryside at war, through chapters on agriculture (literally 'the home front'), and life and death in the manor house, vicarage, school and farm. This is the most complete picture yet of the impact of the World War I on rural England; a war which, if only in the ubiquitous village war memorials, still reverberates today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Countryside at War 1914-18. To get started finding The Countryside at War 1914-18, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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