The Workers' War: British Industry and the First World War
5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
The First World War is famous for the unprecedented loss of life on a global scale; it was a conflict that affected the world forever. However, it wasn’t only in terms of bloodshed that the war rocked the nation: it also massively impacted the industrial integrity of Britain. This was a war not just of fighting, but of technological and industrial advances. All areas of industry, from aviation to food production, leapt ahead in terms of development over the four-year period: from the Wright Brothers in 1903 to the Sopwith Camel in 1917, and from the first motorcars to the tank within twenty years. On a social level, working Britain experienced change as well: with the men at war, it fell to the women of the country to keep the factories going, challenging preconceptions as they did. Here Anthony Burton shows how the First World War produced fundamental changes in British society.
Anthony Burton
Anthony Burton is a regular contributor to the BBC's Countryfile magazine, and has written various books on Britain's industrial heritage, including Remains of a Revolution and The National Trust Guide to Our Industrial Past, as well as three of the official National Trail guides. He has written and presented for the BBC, acted as historical adviser for the Discovery series Industrial Revelations and On the Rails, and has appeared as an expert on the programme Coast.
Read more from Anthony Burton
Silk, the Thread that Tied the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Canal Pioneers: Canal Construction from 2,500 BC to the Early 20th Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMines and Miners of Cornwall and Devon: The Tin and Copper Industries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Canal Builders: The Men Who Constructed Britain's Canals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBalloons and Airships: A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thomas Telford: Master Builder of Roads & Canals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLondon's Transport From Roman Times to the Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Locomotive Pioneers: Early Steam Locomotive Development 1801–1851 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSteam Traction on the Road: From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design & Development Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Railway Empire: How the British Gave Railways to the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAround Britain by Canal: 1,000 Miles of Waterways Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Iron Men: The Workers Who Created the New Iron Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Brunels: Father and Son Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Light Railways of Britain & Ireland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge & Robert Stephenson: Pioneer Inventors and Engineers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory's Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great Western Society: A Tale of Endeavour & Success Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rise & Fall of British Shipbuilding Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Steam Engine Pilgrimage Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Workers' War: British Industry and the First World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory's Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joseph Locke: Civil Engineer and Railway Builder, 1805–1860 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Workers' War
Related ebooks
Workers' War: British Industry and the First World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaig: Master of the Field Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Year of Waterloo: Britain in 1815 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Home Front in the Great War: Aspects of the Conflicts 1914-1918 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Boer War 1899–1902 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Britain at War 1939 to 1945: What Was Life Like During the War? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tank Battles of World War I Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5British Fighter Aircraft in World War I: Design, Construction, and Innovation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFacing the Abyss: Two Decisive Battles for Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe German Wars: A Concise History, 1859–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlue Shirt and Khaki a Comparison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorld War 1: Great Wars of the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOrdnance: Equipping the British Army for the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBook of the Poppy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How the Army Made Britain a Global Power, 1688–1815 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDanger! and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Officer's Manual of the Western Front: 1914-1918 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The First World War Retold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere the Uk Went Wrong [1945-2015]: A Personal Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFortress Ploesti: The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great War: Its Lessons and Its Warnings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrench Warfare, 1850–1950 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Opportunist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe War Lords Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Naval Warfare 1914–1918: From Coronel to the Atlantic and Zeebrugge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of London Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Wars & Military For You
A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Workers' War
1 rating0 reviews