Communities of Resistance: Conscience and Dissent in Britain during the First World War

London: Francis Boutle, 2020. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean (apart from one small mark to front) and bright with light scuffing and rubbing/bumping to edges. Black cloth with silver titling to spine: clean and bright with light bumping to corners and spine tips. Contents clean, white and fresh without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. A gently used copy in very good condition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. " 'Communities of Resistance' is an astonishing piece of scholarship. Cyril Pearce, whose Register of almost 20,000 First World War Conscientious Objectors has been crucial to so much local research, compares the data from every corner of England, Wales and Scotland. His in-depth analysis investigates why some places were 'hot-spots' of anti-war activity and unpicks the wider circles of support - political, social, religious, familial - on which the COs relied. Among many fascinating details I learned that some of the 'safe houses' had also given refuge to suffragettes on the run. All this is liberally illustrated by stories of the individual COs. Their courage is too often forgotten and the cartoons of the day reveal such open contempt! Yet by 1924 there was even a shift towards admiration. Otherwise how could there have been a dinner for many COs and friends in the House of Commons itself? Communities of Resistance is a definitive and welcome contribution to the history of the anti-war movement." - Bruce Kent. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.