1913: the world before the Great War
by Emmerson, Charles.
Material type: BookPublisher: The Bodley Head 2013ISBN: 9781847922267; 9781448137329; 9781448137329; 1448137322; 1847922260.Classification number: 909.821 EMMSubject(s): Nineteen thirteen, A.D | History, Modern -- 20th centurySubject: Most retrospective accounts of the world in 1913 reduce it to either its most frivolous features - last bright summers in grand aristocratic residences - or to its most destructive ones: the rivalries of great European powers, rumbling social unrest in Russia and the angst of Viennese coffee houses. Proposing a different and more expansive portrait of 1913, Charles Emmerson reveals a year in which a truly global society was emerging for the first time in human history.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 909.821 EMM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002830840X |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Most retrospective accounts of the world in 1913 reduce it to either its most frivolous features - last bright summers in grand aristocratic residences - or to its most destructive ones: the rivalries of great European powers, rumbling social unrest in Russia and the angst of Viennese coffee houses. Proposing a different and more expansive portrait of 1913, Charles Emmerson reveals a year in which a truly global society was emerging for the first time in human history.
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