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101Military service / Conscription in the United Kingdom / Army / World War I / Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War / Recruitment in the British Army / Military / Mobilization / Conscription

The Military at Home By Odile Roynette Regardless of whether it was based on volunteer enlistment or conscription, mass mobilization in all of the countries at war between 1914 and 1918 completely upended the pre-war rel

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Language: English - Date: 2015-02-02 09:07:12
102Musical theatre / Operetta / Revue / Broadway theatre / Vaudeville Theatre / Entertainment / Theatre / Performing arts

Staging War. TheatreBy Eva Krivanec From 1914 to 1918, theatres in all major European cities staged plays – comedies, operettas, revues, classical and modern dramas, music hall shows or sensational plays –

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103Rickettsioses / Biological weapons / Zoonoses / Typhus / Epidemic typhus / Typhoid fever / Infectious disease / Public health / Plague / Health / Medicine / Microbiology

Disease and Public Health (Ottoman Empire/Middle East) By Melanie Schulze-Tanielian Frominfectious diseases, such as typhus, recurrent fever, dysentery, malaria, etc., took advantage of the social disruption c

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104Member states of the United Nations / Northern Europe / Republics / Political geography / Land reform / Agrarianism / Latvia / Baltic Germans / Baltic states / Europe / Liberal democracies / Member states of the European Union

Post-war Agrarian Economic Policies (East Central Europe) By Klaus Richter Agrarianism became a major political force in the independent states that emerged from the western periphery of the Russian Empire at the end of

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105Military chaplain / Chaplain / Four Chaplains / Sidónio Pais / Portugal / United States Navy Chaplain Corps / Religious symbolism in the United States military / Military / Religion / Anglican saints

Religion (Portugal) By Maria Lúcia de Brito Moura World War One represented a turning point in the relationship between churches and the Portuguese state. Both Catholics and Protestants perceived the conflict as an oppo

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106Humanities / Social history / Industrial Revolution / Peasant / Famine / Agrarianism / Collectivization in the Soviet Union / Land reform in Romania / Middle Ages / Early Middle Ages / High Middle Ages

Rural Society By Matteo Ermacora The paper describes the impact of war on peasantry and its mobilisation in the war effort. While observers portrayed the countryside as rich and callous towards urban shortages or waging

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107Honour / German art / Prisoner of war / Chivalry / Knight / Shame / Nazi propaganda / Ethics / Behavior / Käthe Kollwitz

Wartime Emotions: Honour, Shame, and the Ecstasy of Sacrifice By Ute Frevert Through investigating the pivotal role of honour in private and public matters, in foreign and domestic relations, and in propaganda and everyd

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108Serbia under German occupation / Podgorica Assembly / Serbia / Breakup of Yugoslavia / Yugoslavism / Creation of Yugoslavia / Serbs / Europe / Belgrade / Šumadija

Historiography 1918-Today: Serbia and Montenegro (South East Europe) By Gordana Krivokapic-Jovic Serbian historiography was analysed in light of Serbia’s historical position and role in the Western Balkans. The topics

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109Sex industry / Sexual orientation / Sociology / Interpersonal relationships / Gender / Prostitution / Homosexuality / Laws regarding prostitution / Brothel / Human behavior / Human sexuality / Personal life

Sexuality, Sexual Relations, Homosexuality By Jason Crouthamel This article provides an international overview of the history of sexuality in the Great War, including (1) the venereal disease epidemic, prostitution, and

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110Epidemiology / Animal virology / Pandemics / Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 / Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 / Influenza pandemic / Flu pandemic / Avian influenza / Pandemic / Influenza / Health / Medicine

Influenza Pandemic By Howard Phillips By examining the origins, pathways, demographic impact and consequences for the public, the medical profession and governments, of the so-called “Spanish” influenza pandemic of 1

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Language: English - Date: 2015-02-02 07:15:43
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