The British Home Front and the First World War

This book is the written version of the week long conference held by Hew Strachan at St. Andrews University in June 2018. Our Foundation - The 1926 Foundation - supported financially the production of the conference podcast, and also exhibited various small curated collections of books at some of the lectures. The contents of the book are as follows: Introduction: by Hew Strachan 1. The United Kingdom in 1914: by Catriona Pennell Part I: Government 2. The Monarchy: by Heather Jones 3. The Growth of Cabinet Government: by George Peden 4. The Defence of the Realm Act and Other Emergency Laws: by G.R. Rubin 5. Local Government and the Great War: The Experience in Essex: by Stuart Hallifax 6. The Clergy and Cultural Mobilisation: by Edward Madigan Part II: Resources 7. Iron and Steel: by Peter Claughton 8. Timber: by Rob Newman 9. Fishing: by Robb Robinson 10. Agriculture: by Keith Grieves 11. Coal: by David Howell 12. War Finance: by Jonathan Boff Part III: People 13. Labour, the Labour Party and the Trade Unions: by Chris Wrigley 14. Nations in Arms: Enlistment and Conscription: by Ian F.W. Beckett 15. Charitable Work: by Peter Grant 16. Refugees: by Pierre Purseigle 17. Prisoners of War and Internees: by Panikos Panati Part IV: Production 18. Munitions: by Gerard Charmley 19. Clothing and Uniforms: by Krisztina Robert 20. Britain's Private Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industries: by Hugh Murphy 21. Railways: by Christopher Phillips 22. Seaborne Trade and Merchant Shipping: by Martin Wilcox and David J. Starkey 23. Food: by Mary Elisabeth Cox Part V: Social Impacts 24. Press and Propaganda: by David Monger 25. Pacifism: by Martin Ceadel 26. Homes and Families in Wartime: by Maggie Andrews 27. Crime and Policing: by Louise A. Jackson 28. Children: by Rosie Kennedy 29. The "Home Front" as War Front: by Susan R. Grayzel Conclusion 30. The United Kingdom in 1919: by Martin Daunton