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Book SynopsisThis important translation looks at World War I from the perspective of German working-class women. The author demonstrates the intimate connection between 'general' social history and women's history while analyzing the dynamics between these different levels of interpretation. She asks: - How did women view the war and whom did they hold responsible for it? - How did military leaders and politicians perceive women at work, in the home, and on the streets? This book explores the ways in which the people themselves interpreted their world and their lives -- a perspective often neglected by historians but one becoming increasingly relevant in Germany today. Essential reading for all those interested in War Studies, German Studies, History and Women's Studies and an excellent text for course use.
Trade Review'(Book title) makes an important work accessible to an English-speaking readership."... An important analysis of the conditions under which women and families lived in the war years.'English Historical Review'an excellent introduction to the history of working women during the First World War and its translation is to be welcomed, not least because it permits further comparative study of women's wartime experiences.'H-NET Book Review'Tells important stories which challenge the received history of the First World War.'Canadian Journal of History'This important volume, now in translation, is a welcome addition to the others appearing in the series 'The Legacy of the Great War' 'The Journal of Modern History'This translation of Ute Daniel's original German study of working women in the First World War is to be welcomed. ' ... this is an important study which contributes to a fresh interpretation of the role of the home front in Germany during the First
Table of ContentsWar as event - August 1914 and the first months of the war; women's wage labour in the First World War; the family in the First World War; the fight over the meaning-endowment of the war.
