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Aftershocks : Politics and Trauma in Britain, 1918-1931 /

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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 agains...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kent, Susan Kingsley (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
European History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Europe > History.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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'.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 232 pages)
ISBN:9780230582002
DOI:10.1057/9780230582002