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For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War, Heather Jones, University College London, (electronic resource)

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This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions of monarchism in the British war effort. Heather Jones examines how the conflict changed British cultural attitudes to the monarchy, arguing that the conflict ultimately helped to consolidate the crown's sacralised status. She looks at how the monarchy engaged with war recruitment, bereavement, gender norms, as well as at its political and military powers and its relationship with Ireland and the empire. She considers the role that monarchism played in military culture and examines royal visits to the front, as well as the monarchy's role in home front morale and in interwar war commemoration. Her findings suggest that the rise of republicanism in wartime Britain has been overestimated and that war commemoration was central to the monarchy's revered interwar status up to the abdication crisis.--
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages)
Contents
  • Monarchist mentalities and British mobilisation, 1914-1916
  • Monarchist culture and combatant practices
  • The royal body in wartime
  • De-sacralisation discourses: challenges to the monarchy's status, 1916-1918
  • The monarchy and the armistice: ritualising victory, channelling war grief
  • The monarchy's role in sacralising post-war commemoration
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9781108554619
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https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554619
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For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War
Title
For king and country
Title remainder
the British monarchy and the First World War
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Heather Jones, University College London
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions of monarchism in the British war effort. Heather Jones examines how the conflict changed British cultural attitudes to the monarchy, arguing that the conflict ultimately helped to consolidate the crown's sacralised status. She looks at how the monarchy engaged with war recruitment, bereavement, gender norms, as well as at its political and military powers and its relationship with Ireland and the empire. She considers the role that monarchism played in military culture and examines royal visits to the front, as well as the monarchy's role in home front morale and in interwar war commemoration. Her findings suggest that the rise of republicanism in wartime Britain has been overestimated and that war commemoration was central to the monarchy's revered interwar status up to the abdication crisis.--
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1978-
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Jones, Heather
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Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
  • Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
  • Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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  • Windsor, House of
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Monarchy
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
Label
For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War, Heather Jones, University College London, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554619
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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text
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rdacontent
Contents
Monarchist mentalities and British mobilisation, 1914-1916 -- Monarchist culture and combatant practices -- The royal body in wartime -- De-sacralisation discourses: challenges to the monarchy's status, 1916-1918 -- The monarchy and the armistice: ritualising victory, channelling war grief -- The monarchy's role in sacralising post-war commemoration
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CR9781108554619
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781108554619
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
Label
For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War, Heather Jones, University College London, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554619
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Monarchist mentalities and British mobilisation, 1914-1916 -- Monarchist culture and combatant practices -- The royal body in wartime -- De-sacralisation discourses: challenges to the monarchy's status, 1916-1918 -- The monarchy and the armistice: ritualising victory, channelling war grief -- The monarchy's role in sacralising post-war commemoration
Control code
CR9781108554619
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781108554619
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote

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