{"product_id":"1913-the-world-before-the-great-war-1","title":"Charles Emmerson: 1913 [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If Downton Abbey still colours your impression of what Britain was like on the cusp of the First World War, \u003ci\u003e1913\u003c\/i\u003e could be a useful corrective' Scotsman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2018 marks the centenary of the end of the Great War. What was the year before the war really like? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1913 is usually seen as little more than the antechamber to apocalypse. Our images of the times are too often dominated by last summers of upper-class indulgence or by a world rushing headlong into the abyss of an inevitable war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e1913: The World before the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a strikingly different portrait: told through the stories of twenty-three cities - Europe's capitals at the height of their global reach, the emerging metropolises of America, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, the boomtowns of Australia and the Americas - Charles Emmerson presents a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, from St Petersburg to Shanghai and from Los Angeles to Jerusalem. What emerges is a rich and complex world, more familiar than we expect, connected as never before, on the threshold of events which would change the course of global history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterful, comprehensive portrait of the world at that last moment in its history...' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emmerson, Charles","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48991668502867,"sku":"XV80099575788","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/emmerson-charles-charles-emmerson-1913-2014-paperback-xv80099575788-57224978170195.jpg?v=1727613843","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/1913-the-world-before-the-great-war-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}