Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914–1919

by Jay Winter , Jean-Louis Robert

• ISBN13: 9780521668149
• ISBN10: 052166814X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This ambitious volume marks a huge step in our understanding of the social history of the Great War. The authors have compiled a vast array of data and have drawn an original and coherent portrait of European cities at war. Contributors from several fields bring an interdisciplinary approach to the book, and represent the best of recent scholarship. One of the few truly comparative works on the Great War, this volume will transform social studies of the conflict and is likely to become a model for research.

Author Biography

Jay Winter is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. His previous publications in this series include Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History and (co-edited with Emmanuel Sivan) War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century. Jean-Louis Robert is Professor of History at the University of Orleans. He is the author of Les Ouvriers, la Patrie et la Revolution: Paris 1914-1919 (1995).

Table of Contents

Part I. Premises: 1. Paris, London, Berlin, 1914-1919: capital cities at war Jay Winter

2. Paris, London, Berlin on the eve of the war Jean-Louis Robert

Part II. The Social Relations of Sacrifice: 3. Lost generations: the impact of military casualties on Paris, London and Berlin Adrian Gregory

4. The image of the profiteer Jean-Louis Robert

Part III. The Social Relations of Labour: 5. The transition to war in 1914 Jon Lawrence

6. Labour market and industrial mobilization, 1915-1917 Thierry Bonzon

7. The transition to peace, 1918-1919 Joshua Cole

Part IV. The Social Relations of Incomes: 8. Material pressures on the middle classes 1914-1918 Jon Lawrence

9. Wages and purchasing power Jonathan Manning

10. Transfer payments and social policy Thierry Bonzon

Part V. The Social Relations of Consumption: 11. Feeding the cities Thierry Bonzon

12. Surviving the war: life expectation, illness, and mortality rates in Paris, London, and Berlin, 1914-1919: coal and the metropolis Armin Triebel

13. Housing Susanna Magri

Part VI. Urban Demography in Wartime: 14. The 'other war' I: protecting public health Catherine Rollet

15. The 'other war' II: setbacks in public health Catherine Rollet

16. Surviving the war Jay Winter

17. Conclusion: towards a social history of capital cities at war Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert

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