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This book explores the experiences and contributions of British women performing active service across the Eastern Front in Serbia, Russia and Romania during the First World War, focusing on representation of that experience though a range of written records.

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‘Smith presents an inspiring book, which is the first to be published on the work of British Women focused on the Eastern Front.’
Angelique Leszczawski-Schwerk (Technical University Dresden/Germany), L'Homme. Z.F.G." vol. 29, no. 2/2018

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The road East
1. Travel writers and romantics
2. Early days: the typhus colony and other stories
3. Role call? The female body and gender Identity on the Eastern Front
4. Waiting for the Allies: prisoners of war
5. Domestic survival strategies: the Serbian Retreat, 1915
6. The road to revolution: Russia 1916-17
7. The aftermath and the legacy
Select bibliography
Index

British Women of the Eastern Front War Writing

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719096181, 978-0719096181
      ISBN10: 0719096189

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book explores the experiences and contributions of British women performing active service across the Eastern Front in Serbia, Russia and Romania during the First World War, focusing on representation of that experience though a range of written records.

      Trade Review

      ‘Smith presents an inspiring book, which is the first to be published on the work of British Women focused on the Eastern Front.’
      Angelique Leszczawski-Schwerk (Technical University Dresden/Germany), L'Homme. Z.F.G." vol. 29, no. 2/2018

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: The road East
      1. Travel writers and romantics
      2. Early days: the typhus colony and other stories
      3. Role call? The female body and gender Identity on the Eastern Front
      4. Waiting for the Allies: prisoners of war
      5. Domestic survival strategies: the Serbian Retreat, 1915
      6. The road to revolution: Russia 1916-17
      7. The aftermath and the legacy
      Select bibliography
      Index

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