St Albans: Life on the Home Front, 1914-1918
Sue Mann (Ed.)
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Paperback. Much has been written about the men who left to fight in WWI but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period. Editor(s): Mann, Sue; Mein, Jonathan; Wares, Anne. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 284 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period.
This book explores the immediate challenges the townspeople faced during the war as well as the longer-term effects on the city. When the war finally ended, could life ever return to 'normal' as ... Read more
Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period.
This book explores the immediate challenges the townspeople faced during the war as well as the longer-term effects on the city. When the war finally ended, could life ever return to 'normal' as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hatfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909291744
SKU
V9781909291744
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About Sue Mann (Ed.)
Sue Mann is an independent researcher and editor based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Jonathan Mein is an independent researcher currently working on a variety of local history projects based in Hertfordshire. Anne Wares has degrees in linguistics and comparative philology. A family historian for 30 years, she moved on to the writing of a history of ... Read more
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