The British home front and the First World War

Introduction / Hew Strachan

The United Kingdom in 1914 / Catriona Pennell

Part I. Government. The monarchy / Heather Jones

The growth of cabinet government / George Peden

The defence of the Realm Act and other emergency laws / G.R. Rubin

Local government and the Great War: the experience in Essex / Stuart Hallifax

The clergy and cultural mobilisation / Edward Madigan

Part II. Resources. Iron and Steel / Peter Claughton

Timber / Rob Newman

Fishing / Robb Robinson

Agriculture / Keith Grieves

Coal / David Howell

War finance / Jonathan Boff

Part III. People. Labour, the Labour Party and the trade unions / Chris Wrigley

Nations in arms: enlistment and conscription / Ian F.W. Beckett

Charitable work / Peter Grant

Refugees / Pierre Purseigle

Prisoners of war and internees / Panikos Panayi

Part IV. Production. Munitions / Gerard Charmley

Clothing and uniforms / Krisztina Robert

Britain's private shipbuilding and ship repair industries / Hugh Murphy

Railways / Christopher Phillips

Seaborne trade and merchant shipping / Martin Wilcox and David J. Starkey

Food / Mary Elisabeth Cox

Part V. Social Impacts. Press and propaganda / David Monger

Pacifism / Martin Ceadel

Homes and families in wartime / Maggie Andrews

Crime and policing / Louise A. Jackson

Children / Rosie Kennedy

The 'home front' as war front / Susan R. Grayzel

Conclusion

The United Kingdom in 1919 / Martin Daunton.