Get Access The Deluge: British Society And The First World War Written By Arthur Marwick Offered In EText

is a justly celebrated account of Britain during the First World War, Although over fifty years old, its writing is fresh and engaging its judgments shrewd and it packs in a lot of information in a relatively short analysis.
finally done!! A heavy read but very informative and really interesting, A good overview of the UK during and after the great war, Almost continuously in print foryears, this classic title describes life on the home front, analyzing the social changes that made Britain of thes a vastly different place from the Britain that went to war in.
This reissued second edition features a new Preface by leading historian Joanna Bourke, Bourke examines how Marwick's work engaged with contemporary debates and why it was so significant when it was first published, and explains its continued importance today, This was on Shirley Mullen's recommended reading list under the category of "history, " She actually listed "After the Deluge," but I couldn't find that, Did he write another book with "deluge" in the title Arthur John Brereton Marwick was a British social historian, who served for many years as Professor of History at the Open University.


His research interests lay primarily in the history of Britain in the twentieth century, and the relationship between war and social change, .