Describes life on the home front, analyzing the social changes that made Britain of the 1920s a vastly different place from the Britain that went to war in 1914. The new edition contains an introductory essay on "War and Social Change in Twentieth-Century Britain", in which the author, in the light of the most recent research, summarizes his latest reflections. the author also wrote "Beauty in History: Society, Politics and Personal Appearances c. 1500 to the Present" and "The Nature of History". He is also the editor of "The Arts, Literature and Society".
- ISBN10 0370003179
- ISBN13 9780370003177
- Publish Date December 1964
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint The Bodley Head Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English