Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens

Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens 2/e offers a vivid range of eyewitness perspectives - from female munitions workers to Indian troops in France - which explore the social, cultural, and military dimensions of World War I. This second edition includes added material to reflect the very latest historical thinking.

• Combines documents and themes that have proven successful in the first edition with new sources and topics that are currently at the forefront of historical debate and research
• Now features 59 new documents which illustrate the imperial dimensions of the conflict and broaden the coverage of 'war culture' and developments in Eastern Europe
• Documents have been included which pay particular attention to the experiences and perspectives of ordinary people, whose voices are often underrepresented in broad accounts
• The bibliography has been expanded and completely updated, complemented by a new series of maps and illustrations

Author: Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 09/17/2012
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.80w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780470655832
ISBN10: 0470655836
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War I
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General

About the Author

Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee are independent scholars; they have previously taught at Yale and George Washington Universities.

Marilyn is the author of The German Army League: Popular Nationalism in Wilhelmine Germany (1990) and Frans the author of For Party or Country: Nationalism and the Dilemmas of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian England (1990). Together, they have co-edited Authority, Identity and the Social History of the Great War (1995); World War I and European Society: A Sourcebook (1995); World War I: A History in Documents, Second Edition (2011); and The World in Flames: A World War II Sourcebook (2011).