Böcker av Susan R. Grayzel

Gender and the Great War provides a global, thematic approach to a century of scholarship on the war, masculinity and femininity, and it constitutes the most up-to-date survey of the topic by well-known scholars in the field.

A lively collection of essays on the cultures of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Topics range from prostitution and slavery to the effect of war on fashion magazine reporting to inter-racial marriage in the postwar years. Particular areas of focus include the Second World War, its legacies and the reactions to postwar decolonization.

The First World War was the first modern, total war, requiring the mobilization of civilians and combatants. It was also the first to demand the active participation of men and women. In this introduction to the experiences and contributions of women during the war, Susan Grayzel explores their relationship to the war in every belligerent state.