The Deluge

ARTHUR MARWICK is Emeritus Professor of History at The Open University, UK. His many publications include War and Social Change in the Twentieth Century (1974), British Society Since 1945 (expanded edition 1990) and The New Nature of History (2001, also published by Palgrave Macmillan).

List of Illustrations.- Preface to Reissued Second Edition; J.Bourke.- Preface to Second Edition.- Introduction: War and Social Change in Twentieth Century Britain.- Preface.- Early Days: August 1914-March 1915.- Changed Men: 1915-1916.- New Women: 1915-1916.- Gentlemen in England Now Abed: 1915-1916.- The Challenge to Laissez-faire.- Seasons of Discontent: 1917-1918.- Science and Collectivism.- The End of the War.- After the Deluge.- Bibliography.- Index.