Bombardment, public safety and resilience in English coastal communities during the First World War.

Foster, Ann-Marie

Abstract

Reeve's monograph refreshingly focuses on a new area of British war studies - it uses a local studies lens to explore the coastal towns in the North-East of England and their experiences in the First World War. Reeve compellingly argues that the experiences of people living in the 'coastal-urban environment' need to be understood in order to contextualise wider war narratives within a historiography which overwhelmingly focuses on the metropolitan experience of war.

Citation

FOSTER, A.-M. [2023]. Bombardment, public safety and resilience in English coastal communities during the First World War. Northern history [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0078172X.2023.2276721

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: Oct 20, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Nov 10, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 27, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 11, 2025
• Journal: Northern history
• Print ISSN: 0078-172X
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-8706
• Publisher: Maney Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Item Discussed: REEVE, M. 2021. Bombardment, public safety and resilience in English coastal communities during the First World War. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 9783030868505
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0078172X.2023.2276721
• Keywords: British war studies; Local studies; Coastal towns; First World War
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2193558