The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume 3, Civil Society

Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of the First World War is a comprehensive, transnational account of the social and cultural history of the war.

Jay Winter (Edited by)

9781316601433, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 February 2016

763 pages, 1 b/w illus. 48 colour illus. 1 table
22.7 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 1.32 kg

'The global perspective on the war, represented in these volumes, adds further layers of complexity to our understanding of this foundational moment in modern history. The conjunction of early twentieth-century patterns of globalization and industrialized great power war was singular, distinguishing it from earlier European conflicts fought across the globe and the Second World War, which followed the collapse of globalization in the 1930s.' William Mulligan, European History Quarterly

Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of the First World War explores the social and cultural history of the war and considers the role of civil society throughout the conflict; that is to say those institutions and practices outside the state through which the war effort was waged. Drawing on 25 years of historical scholarship, it sheds new light on culturally significant issues such as how families and medical authorities adapted to the challenges of war and the shift that occurred in gender roles and behaviour that would subsequently reshape society. Adopting a transnational approach, this volume surveys the war's treatment of populations at risk, including refugees, minorities and internees, to show the full extent of the disaster of war and, with it, the stubborn survival of irrational kindness and the generosity of spirit that persisted amidst the bitterness at the heart of warfare, with all its contradictions and enduring legacies.

Introduction to Volume 3 Jay Winter
Part I. Private Life: Introduction to Part I Jay Winter and Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau
1. The couple Martha Hanna
2. Children Manon Pignot
3. Families Jay Winter
Part II. Gender at Home: Introduction to Part II John Horne and Jay Winter
4. War work Laura Lee Downs
5. Gender at home Susan R. Grayzel
6. At the Front Margaret Higonnet
7. Gender roles in killing zones Joanna Bourke
Part III. Populations at Risk: Introduction to Part III Heather Jones and Laurence Van Ypersele
8. Refugees and exiles Peter Gatrell and Philippe Nivet
9. Minorities Panikos Panayi
10. Populations under occupation Sophie de Schaepdrijver
11. Captive civilians Annette Becker
Part IV. Bodies in Pain: Introduction to Part IV Jay Winter and Anne Rasmussen
12. Military medicine Leo van Bergen
13. Shell shock Jay Winter
14. The Spanish Flu Anne Rasmussen
15. Mourning practices Joy Damousi
Part V. The Social History of Cultural Life: Introduction to Part V Nicolas Beaupre and Annette Becker
16. Mobilising minds Anne Rasmussen
17. Beliefs and religion Adrian Gregory
18. Soldier-writers and poets Nicolas Beaupre
19. Cinema Laurent Veray
20. Arts Annette Becker
21. War memorials Bruce Scates and Rebecca Wheatley
Part VI. A Reckoning: Costs and Outcomes: Introduction to Part VI Jay Winter
22. The dead Antoine Prost
23. The living John Horne
24. The Great War at its centenary John Horne
25. Visual essay: civil society Annette Becker.

Subject Areas: First World War [HBWN], Social & cultural history [HBTB], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]