English history : 1914-1945 / A.J.P. Taylor
| dc.contributor | Gilliver, Peter Oxford Dictionaries Oxford University Press Oxford |
| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale), 1906-1990 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Oxford |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T15:59:52Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T15:59:52Z |
| dc.date.created | 1965 |
| dc.date.issued | 1980 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0158 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0158 |
| dc.description.abstract | ISBN 0198217153 |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 1.3 MB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Use of this resource is restricted in some manner. Usually this means that it is available for non-commercial use only with prior permission of the depositor and on condition that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Great Britain -- History -- 20th century |
| dc.title | English history : 1914-1945 / A.J.P. Taylor |
| dc.type | Text |
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| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 1248421 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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<D 1965> <A A.J.P. Taylor> [O.U.P. 1965] <T Eng. Hist. 1914-45> <C i> <P 1> AT WAR: OLD STYLE, 1914 -- 5 Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country for ever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An English+ man could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he ch . . .
