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The Flowers of the Forest

- Scotland and the First World War
Af: Trevor Royle Engelsk Paperback

The Flowers of the Forest

- Scotland and the First World War
Af: Trevor Royle Engelsk Paperback
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On the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as ''the workshop of the Empire''. Not only were Clyde-built ships known the world over, Scotland produced half of Britain''s total production of railway equipment, and the cotton and jute industries flourished in Paisley and Dundee. In addition, Scots were a hugely important source of manpower for the colonies. Yet after the war, Scotland became an industrial and financial backwater. Emigration increased as morale slumped in the face of economic stagnation and decline. The country had paid a disproportionately high price in casualties, a result of huge numbers of volunteers and the use of Scottish battalions as shock troops in the fighting on the Western Front and Gallipoli - young men whom the novelist Ian Hay called ''the vanished generation''.In this book, Trevor Royle provides the first full account of how the war changed Scotland irrevocably by exploring a wide range of themes - the overwhelming response to the call for volunteers; the performance of Scottish military formations in 1915 and 1916; the militarization of the Scottish homeland; the resistance to war in Glasgow and the west of Scotland; and the boom in the heavy industries and the strengthening of women''s role in society following on from wartime employment.
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On the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as ''the workshop of the Empire''. Not only were Clyde-built ships known the world over, Scotland produced half of Britain''s total production of railway equipment, and the cotton and jute industries flourished in Paisley and Dundee. In addition, Scots were a hugely important source of manpower for the colonies. Yet after the war, Scotland became an industrial and financial backwater. Emigration increased as morale slumped in the face of economic stagnation and decline. The country had paid a disproportionately high price in casualties, a result of huge numbers of volunteers and the use of Scottish battalions as shock troops in the fighting on the Western Front and Gallipoli - young men whom the novelist Ian Hay called ''the vanished generation''.In this book, Trevor Royle provides the first full account of how the war changed Scotland irrevocably by exploring a wide range of themes - the overwhelming response to the call for volunteers; the performance of Scottish military formations in 1915 and 1916; the militarization of the Scottish homeland; the resistance to war in Glasgow and the west of Scotland; and the boom in the heavy industries and the strengthening of women''s role in society following on from wartime employment.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9781780276267
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1780276265
Kategori: Scotland
Udg. Dato: 8 aug 2019
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Birlinn General
Oplagsdato: 8 aug 2019
Forfatter(e): Trevor Royle
Forfatter(e) Trevor Royle

Kategori Scotland

ISBN-13 9781780276267

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 400

Udgave

Længde 36mm

Bredde 198mm

Højde 131mm

Udg. Dato 8 aug 2019

Oplagsdato 8 aug 2019

Forlag Birlinn General