1913 : in search of the world before the Great War

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Label

1913 : in search of the world before the Great War

Title remainder

in search of the world before the Great War

Statement of responsibility

Charles Emmerson

Title variation

Nineteen-thirteen

Creator

• Emmerson, Charles

Subject

• Nineteen thirteen, A.D
• History modern, 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspective narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features... In this illuminating history, Charles Emmerson liberates the world of 1913 from this "prelude to war" narrative, and explores it as it was, in all its richness and complexity. Traveling from Europe's capitals, then at the height of their global reach, to the emerging metropolises of Canada and the United States, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, and the boomtowns of Australia and South America, he provides a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, its future still undecided, its outlook still open." -- front cover flap

Dewey number

909.82/1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography