| Aftershocks: Politics and Trauma in Britain, 1918-1931 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Kingsley Kent, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403993335 ISBN-13: 9781403993335 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: This book examines the impact of collective trauma arising out of the Great War on the politics of the 1920s in Britain. "Aftershocks" studies how meanings of shellshock and imagery presenting the traumatized psyche as shattered contributed to Britons understandings of their political selves in the 1920s. It connects the force of emotions to the political culture of a decade which saw extraordinary violence against those regarded as un-English. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 941.083 |
| LCCN: 2008035148 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aftershocks studies how meanings of shellshock and imagery presenting the traumatized psyche as shattered contributed to Britons' understandings of their political selves in the 1920s. It connects the force of emotions to the political culture of a decade which saw extraordinary violence against those regarded as 'un-English'. |
