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Explores the experiences of middle-class men on the English home front during the First World War -- .

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Ugolini clearly identifies the overwhelming importance of the domestic to British masculine identities of the era

Laura Ugolini breaks new ground in her book Civvies by examining the experience of English middle-class men who remained at home during the war.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Middle-class men and the First World War
1. The impact of war, c. 1914–15
2. The war on the home front, c. 1915–18
3. A united home front?
4. Civilians and military service
5. Home front volunteers
6. Working lives
7. Consumption and leisure
8. Families and relationships
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Civvies

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9780719086014, 978-0719086014
      ISBN10: 719086019

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the experiences of middle-class men on the English home front during the First World War -- .

      Trade Review

      Ugolini clearly identifies the overwhelming importance of the domestic to British masculine identities of the era

      Laura Ugolini breaks new ground in her book Civvies by examining the experience of English middle-class men who remained at home during the war.

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Middle-class men and the First World War
      1. The impact of war, c. 1914–15
      2. The war on the home front, c. 1915–18
      3. A united home front?
      4. Civilians and military service
      5. Home front volunteers
      6. Working lives
      7. Consumption and leisure
      8. Families and relationships
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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