Full Description
Jane Tynan offers new perspectives on the cultural history of the First World War by examining the clothing worn by British combatants on the western front. Khaki emerges as a significant part of war experience, which embodied gender, social class and ethnicity, impacted the tailoring trade and became a touchstone for pacifist resistance.
Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1: Introduction: Uniform in First World War Britain 2: The Kitchener Image and Recruitment 3: Fashioning the Civilian Soldier 4: 'Quakers in Khaki': Conscientious Objectors' Resistance to Uniform 5: 'Improvised Officers': Khaki and Social Class 6: Fitting In: Race, Ethnicity and Army Dress 7: Conclusion References
