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Aftershocks: The Politics of Trauma in Britain, 1918-1931

By Susan Kingsley Kent

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
1403993335, 9781403993335
LCC
DA578 .K46 2009
Google Books ID
J2sTAQAAIAAJ
Open Library ID
OL17052557M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1059963 bytes)
Pages
243\243
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book examines the impact of collective trauma arising out of the Great War on the politics of the 1920s in Britain. 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.

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