European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918
The First World War is commonly referred to as an historical watershed, and the nature of that great cataclysm's impact upon European society and culture remains a hotly debated topic. This book is a comparative study, with a broad coverage, enhanced by its interactive treatment of high culture, popular culture, and propaganda.
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European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918
The First World War is commonly referred to as an historical watershed, and the nature of that great cataclysm's impact upon European society and culture remains a hotly debated topic. This book is a comparative study, with a broad coverage, enhanced by its interactive treatment of high culture, popular culture, and propaganda.
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European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918

European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918

European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918

European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918

Overview

The First World War is commonly referred to as an historical watershed, and the nature of that great cataclysm's impact upon European society and culture remains a hotly debated topic. This book is a comparative study, with a broad coverage, enhanced by its interactive treatment of high culture, popular culture, and propaganda.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521013246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 02/14/2002
Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare , #6
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 444
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

Aviel Roshwald is Professor of History at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is the author of "The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas" (Cambridge University Press, 2006). His previous publications include Estranged Bedfellows: Britain and France in the Middle East during the Second World War (1990) and Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914–1923 (2001). He is co-editor, with Richard Stites, of European Culture during the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment, and Propaganda, 1914–1918 (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Days and nights in wartime Russia Richard Stites; 2. German culture in the Great War Peter Jelavich; 3. Culture in Poland during World War I Harold B. Segel; 4. Jewish cultural identity in Eastern and central Europe during the Great War Aviel Roshwald; 5. The tragic carnival: Austrian culture in the First World War Steven Beller; 6. Ambivalent patriots: Czech culture in the Great War Claire Nolte; 7. Culture in Hungary during World War I Joseph Held; 8. Culture in the south Slavic lands, 1914–18 Andrew Wachtel; 9. Between apology and denial: Bulgarian culture during World War I Evelina Kelbetcheva; 10. Romania: war, occupation, liberation Maria Bucur; 11. Occupation, propaganda, and the idea of Belgium Sophie de Schaepdrijver; 12. Cultural life in France, 1914–18 Marc Ferro; 13. The impact of World War I on Italian political culture Walter L. Adamson; 14. Popular culture in wartime Britain Jay Winter; Conclusion.
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