The Great War and the British Empire: Culture and Society

By: Andrekos Varnava

Book Overview

In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth's surface was British. When the empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history's first global conflict was inevitable.

It is the social and cultural reactions to that war and within those distant, often overlooked, societies which is the focus of this volume. From Singapore to Australia, Cyprus to Ireland, India to Iraq and around the rest of the British imperial world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138330124
• ISBN13: 9781138330122
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"