The Myth of Classlessness in the Australian Imperial Force.
The issue of class remains strikingly absent from much of the historical literature on the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. This article briefly explores the pre-war class backgrounds of soldiers, the traces of class in their writings and their experiences, the class-based...
| Publicado en: | Australian Historical Studies Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 287 - 303 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2012
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