| Description |
xi, 275 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Region in 1914 -- 2. British First, Australian Second: August 1914 to April 1915 -- 3. How Can You Stay?: Recruitment, May 1915 to September 1916 -- 4. Free Men or Shirkers?: Conscription, September to December 1916 -- 5. By the Scruff of the Neck: The War's Last Years -- 6. Whose War?: A Fracturing War Effort -- 7. To 'wait and weep'?: Women and the War -- 8. True Britons: Teachers, Children and Youth -- 9. Doing Their Share?: Catholics -- 10. Who Are You?: German Australians -- 11. He Saw His Duty: The Soldiers' War -- 12. Only Peace?: The Post-war Years |
| Summary |
"In the cities and in the countryside of Australia, the Great War of 1914-1918 marched to somewhat different tempos. John McQuilton evokes the wartime experience of all rural Australians by capturing the moods of the country towns and hamlets of North Eastern Victoria." "Rural Australia and the Great War is unique among writing on the First World War in creating a richly detailed picture of wartime in a particular part of country Australia. For country and city readers alike this is fascinating social history."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Conscription |
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Recruitment |
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Rural areas |
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Rural urban comparisons |
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Statistics |
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Victoria |
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World War 1 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-268) and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Victoria, Northeastern
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World War, 1914-1918.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Rural conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670 -- 1914-1918
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Rural conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670
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Victoria, Northeastern -- History -- 1901-1945
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Victoria, Northeastern -- Rural conditions
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| LC no. |
2001339257 |
| ISBN |
0522849113 |
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9780522849110 |
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(; (paperback) |
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