Historiography 1918-today (Great Britain)

Alex Mayhew

doi:10.15463/ie1418.11509

Historiography 1918-today (Great Britain)

Alex Mayhew

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This historiographical piece surveys trends and key interventions in scholarship and writing on Great Britain during the First World War. It begins by looking at the first-hand accounts of those involved in the war effort, as well as the official histories that were published after 1918. Next, it explores the work of historians between the 1950s and late 1980s – focussing, in particular, on revisionism and social history. Lastly, it explains the variety of ways in which the lens through which the Great War is studied has expanded since 1986.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	1914-1918-online
Subtitle of host publication	international encyclopedia of the First World War
Editors	Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, Bill Nasson
Publisher	Freie Universität Berlin
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11509
Publication status	Published - 23 Feb 2021

Keywords

Historiography
Great Britain
Academic Debate
Memoirs
Memory

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1914-1918-online: international encyclopedia of the First World War. ed. / Ute Daniel; Peter Gatrell; Oliver Janz; Heather Jones; Jennifer Keene; Alan Kramer; Bill Nasson. Freie Universität Berlin, 2021. p. 1-10.

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