Total War and Social Change - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312023731 ISBN 13: 9780312023737

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1988

Synopsis

This collection of essays, by an international group of experts, supported by statistics concerns the social consequences of the two world wars, giving a clear analysis of the particular experiences of war. It covers the main European countries and a range of major issues including the levels of economic activity, women's employment and the extent of executions of collaborators. The editor is the author of "The Nature of History".

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About the Author

ARTHUR MARWICK has been Professor of History at the Open University since 1969 and was formerly its Dean and Director of Studies in Arts. His visiting appointments include positions at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Stanford University, California, the hoover Institution and L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He has published extensively, concentrating on twentieth-century social history and the impact of war. His contribution to the philosophy of history, The Nature of History, is proving its enduring worth with a third edition in 1988.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0312023731
• ISBN 13: 9780312023737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 134
• Editor: Arthur Marwick