- Hem
- Böcker
- Kurslitteratur
- Historia
- 1919 - A Land Fit for Heroes (inbunden, eng)
1919 - A Land Fit for Heroes (inbunden, eng)
The year 1919 has often been ignored in historians’ dizzy haste to enter the world of the Roaring Twenties but it was a year of enormous cha...
209 kr
239 kr
Slut i lager
Fri frakt över 299:-
Snabb leverans
Alltid låga priser
Produktbeskrivning
The year 1919 has often been ignored in historians’ dizzy haste to enter the world of the Roaring Twenties but it was a year of enormous challenges and change. After a brief period of celebration after the Armistice, reality began to sink in. Returning servicemen were resentful at the prospect of unemployment and lack of available housing.
Many of the troops had lost their jobs to women on lower rates of pay. Soon there were strikes, with soldiers and tanks on the streets of Britain. This is also the year in which The Troubles began in earnest.The Spanish Flu epidemic continued to take its toll. Even the gilded few were unhappy with rising taxation and a scarcity of servants.
Worse, men who had made fortunes from the war had invaded their exclusive clubs. The bars and smoking rooms were full of regional accents and loud suits. Remarkably, something like 40 per cent of all the tax revenue the government raised in the twenties was swallowed up by the war bonds debt.
The emerging ‘bright young things’ embraced sex, drugs and Dixieland jazz. Motor transport was replacing horses, whilst the first crossing of the Atlantic by air showed the way forward. There was entertainment to be had, with sport providing a popular outlet. Long queues formed outside cinemas to see the latest silent films.
Theatres and music halls played to packed houses. It was a year of creativity and invention within the arts but also one of nostalgia for old Edwardian certainties. The nation rediscovered a love of shopping in the expanding number of department stores.The year was also a pause for breath after the horrors of war; a time to take stock before rushing into an uncertain future that was rapidly announcing itself.
Many of the troops had lost their jobs to women on lower rates of pay. Soon there were strikes, with soldiers and tanks on the streets of Britain. This is also the year in which The Troubles began in earnest.The Spanish Flu epidemic continued to take its toll. Even the gilded few were unhappy with rising taxation and a scarcity of servants.
Worse, men who had made fortunes from the war had invaded their exclusive clubs. The bars and smoking rooms were full of regional accents and loud suits. Remarkably, something like 40 per cent of all the tax revenue the government raised in the twenties was swallowed up by the war bonds debt.
The emerging ‘bright young things’ embraced sex, drugs and Dixieland jazz. Motor transport was replacing horses, whilst the first crossing of the Atlantic by air showed the way forward. There was entertainment to be had, with sport providing a popular outlet. Long queues formed outside cinemas to see the latest silent films.
Theatres and music halls played to packed houses. It was a year of creativity and invention within the arts but also one of nostalgia for old Edwardian certainties. The nation rediscovered a love of shopping in the expanding number of department stores.The year was also a pause for breath after the horrors of war; a time to take stock before rushing into an uncertain future that was rapidly announcing itself.
Format | Inbunden |
Omfång | 304 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Amberley Publishing |
Utgivningsdatum | 2019-02-15 |
ISBN | 9781445679112 |
Specifikation
Böcker
- Inbunden, 304, Engelska, Amberley Publishing, 2019-02-15, 9781445679112
Leverans
Vi erbjuder flera smidiga leveransalternativ beroende på ditt postnummer, såsom Budbee Box, Early Bird, Instabox och DB Schenker. Vid köp över 299 kr är leveransen kostnadsfri, annars tillkommer en fraktavgift från 29 kr. Välj det alternativ som passar dig bäst för en bekväm leverans.
Betalning
Du kan betala tryggt och enkelt via Avarda med flera alternativ: Swish för snabb betalning, kortbetalning med VISA eller MasterCard, faktura med 30 dagars betalningstid, eller konto för flexibel delbetalning.
Specifikation
Det finns tyvärr inga specifikationer att visa för denna produkt.