Aftershocks
Subtitle: the politics of trauma in Britain, 1918-1931
By: Susan Kingsley Kent.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781403993335
Subjects: War neuroses -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects -- Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Britons' shattered psyche; title: Jews, "blacks," and the promises of the radical right, 1919-1925; title: The Amritsar Massacre, 1919-1920; title: Reprisals in Ireland, 1919-1921; title: The general strike of 1926; title: Flappers and the Nigerian women's war of 1929 (with Marc Matera); title: Conclusion : resolving the "national crisis" of 1929-1931.