Aftershocks : politics and trauma in Britain, 1918-1931 / Susan Kingsley Kent.

Author/Creator:

Kent, Susan Kingsley, 1952 May 9-

Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Format/Description:

Book
ix, 232 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects:

Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936.
War neuroses -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.

Contents:

Britons' shattered psyche
Jews, "blacks," and the promises of the radical right, 1919-1925
The Amritsar Massacre, 1919-1920
Reprisals in Ireland, 1919-1921
The general strike of 1926
Flappers and the Nigerian women's war of 1929 (with Marc Matera)
Conclusion : resolving the "national crisis" of 1929-1931.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.

ISBN:

9781403993335
1403993335

OCLC:

243602151

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