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2002

Format:	Book
Author:	Coetzee, Frans, 1955-
Title:	World War I : a history in documents / Frans Coetzee and Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee.
Publisher, Date:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2002] ©2002
Description:	174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. illustration map
Series:	Pages from history Pages from history.
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources.
Other Author:	Shevin-Coetzee, Marilyn, 1955-
Other Title:	World War 1 World War One
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	2001036605
ISBN:	0195137469 (alk. paper)
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Gr 7 Up-A boon for researchers. Introductory essays define "document" and then point out strategies for analyzing and evaluating one so that it can be of value to students. Personal letters, posters, song lyrics, and poems are among the documents included. The book has extensive citations and sidebar quotes with dates, speaker, position held, and the context. Boldfaced, smaller font pieces introduce each article. Black-and-white photos and reproductions appear throughout the text.-Marilyn Fairbanks, Azure IRC, Brockton High School, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Featuring the voices of the people who lived it, World War I paints a picture of the war as it was fought by soldiers, administered by politicians, interpreted by artists and writers, and experienced by all civilians--male and female, old and young-across the world. In the United States, the war stimulated major technological advances, provoked literary and artistic experimentation, and spurred women's suffrage. Internationally, the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires dissolved and Russia and Germany were wracked by revolutions that toppled their dynasties, setting the stage for political extremism and the accession of the Bolsheviks and the Nazis. Drawing upon diaries, memoirs, fiction, poetry, song lyrics, government documents, and more, World War I is a fascinating look at the birth of the modern era.

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