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Reading and the First World War : readers, texts, archives /

What role did reading play in the lives of those who experienced the First World War? This volume demonstrates that reading was both the prime leisure occupation and the main means for transmitting information for combatants and civilians during the war. Ranging from ordinary soldiers to conscientio...

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Other Authors:	Towheed, Shafquat, 1973- (Editor), King, Edmund G. C. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave MacMillan, 2015.
Series:	New directions in book history.
Subjects:	Reading interests > Europe > History > 20th century. Books and reading > Europe > History > 20th century. World War, 1914-1918.

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