Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009BJAQGE
Publish date: March 13th 2012
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
20th Century,
Art,
War,
Politics,
Philosophy,
European History,
World History
I was spurred to read this book by a discussion in the History of Sexuality class I am teaching this summer. I had assigned some readings exploring how the modern West has responded to political, economic, and social changes through conflicts over sexuality and gender roles. We spent some time discu...
Phenomenal book -- compulsively readable
This is surely one of the best books you can read on the cultural history of World War I.