Europe on the Move: Refugees in the Era of the Great War by Peter Gatrell (Engli

by Peter Gatrell

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The Nile on eBay Europe on the Move by Peter Gatrell, Liubov Zhvanko Europe on the move is the first book to address the dramatic and poignant refugee crisis that erupted during the First World War and that enveloped the entire continent. Written by specialists in the field it will appeal to all those who are interested in the era of the First World War and in Europe s first major refugee crisis. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Mass population displacement affected millions of Europe s civilians across the different theatres of war in 1914-18. At the end of the war, a senior Red Cross official wrote there were refugees everywhere. It was as if the entire world had to move or was waiting to move . Europe on the move: refugees in the era of the Great War, 1912-23 is the first attempt to understand their experiences as a whole and to establish the political, social and cultural significance and ramifications of the wartime refugee crisis. Drawing on original research by leading specialists from more than a dozen countries, it will become the definitive work on the subject and will appeal to anyone who wishes to understand how governments and public opinion responded to refugees a century ago. -- . Flap The refugee crisis unleashed in Europe by the First World War was unprecedented in scale, directly affecting at least fourteen million people. This book represents the first attempt to understand the experiences of these people and to estab

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781784994419
• Condition: Fine

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