Presenting for the first time a comparative and socio-cultural history of queer femininities in Germany and the Netherlands for an English-speaking audience, Different from the Others highlights this submerged history and engages queer authors and activists from the Netherlands to challenge and redress conceptualizations of queer femininity in the interwar period.

Subjects: Gender Studies and Sexuality History: World War I History: 20th Century to Present

Whether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory for state-building.

Subjects: History: World War I History: 20th Century to Present Peace and Conflict Studies

In historical writing on World War I, Czech-speaking soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian military are primarily studied as Czechs, rarely as soldiers, and never as men. Men under Fire provides a groundbreaking analysis of this oft-overlooked cohort, drawing on a wealth of soldiers’ private writings to explore experiences of exhaustion, sex, loyalty, authority, and combat itself.

Subjects: History: World War I Gender Studies and Sexuality

Beyond Inclusion and Exclusion recaptures the multifariousness of Central European Jewish life through the experiences of both soldiers and civilians during World War I. This collection explores rare sources and employs novel interdisciplinary methods to illuminate four interconnected themes: minorities and the meaning of military service, Jewish-Gentile relations, the cultural legacy of the war, and memory politics.

Subjects: Jewish Studies History: World War I History: 20th Century to Present

Care and Carnage on the Eastern Front documents the day-to-day life of a doctor serving on the Eastern Front between 1914-1918. Bardach’s meticulous records offer a personal glimpse into the critical first weeks of fighting as well as the ultimate collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Subjects: History: World War I Jewish Studies

World War I utterly transformed the lives of Jews around the world, allowing them to demonstrate patriotism, dispel antisemitic myths, and fight for their rights. This book provides a fascinating survey of the ways in which Jewish communities in Europe, North America, and the Middle East participated in and were changed by the Great War during and after the conflict.

Subjects: Jewish Studies History: World War I

Although research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide’s victims. Daily Life in the Abyss illuminates this aspect through the intertwined stories of two Armenian families who endured forced relocation and deprivation in and around modern-day Syria.

Subjects: Genocide History History: World War I

Historians have commonly interpreted Britain’s attempts to break through older alliances of European states before World War I as a reaction to aggressive German foreign policy. This groundbreaking political history demonstrates that British strategy instead arose from the complex interplay of national, continental and imperial considerations.

Subjects: History: 20th Century to Present History: World War I

Hundreds of thousands of workers toiled in Bohemian factories over the course of World War I, and their lives were inescapably shaped by the conflict. This study reconstructs their collective experience through explorations of food, labor, gender, and protest to assemble a fascinating case study in twentieth century social history.

Subjects: History: World War I Sociology

Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth.

Subjects: Genocide History History: World War I

Subjects: History: 20th Century to Present History: World War I History: World War II

Subject: History: World War I

Subject: History: World War I

Subjects: History: 20th Century to Present History: World War I History: World War II Media Studies

Subject: History: World War I

Subjects: History: World War I History: World War II Memory Studies

Subject: History: World War I