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        Invasions
Fears and fantasies of imagined wars in Britain, 1871-1918
            
        
    
    
    
    
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        Christian K. Melby
        
                        
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                        English
                    
                
                
                
                    
                        
                            Published/Copyright:
                            
                                2025
                            
                        
                    
                
            About this book
The first book-length, historical study of invasion-scare and future-war fiction in Britain before and during the First World War in half a century, and the definitive cultural and political history of the genre.
    
    
Author / Editor information
Christian K. Melby is Associate Professor of History at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
            
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| Expertise, service authors and 1870s future-war fiction Christian K. Melby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed | 55 | 
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| From the 1890s to 1914 Christian K. Melby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed | 117 | 
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| The British public in invasionscare fiction, 1871–1914 Christian K. Melby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed | 153 | 
| The British public as audience and consumers, from the 1870s to the Edwardian high point Christian K. Melby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed | 189 | 
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Publishing information
                
                Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
                
                eBook published on:
                            April 15, 2025
                        
                        
                        eBook ISBN:
                        9781526168863
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
                
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                            8 illustrations
                        
                    
                
                    eBook ISBN:
                    9781526168863
                
            
        Keywords for this book
                 fantastic fiction; First World War; future war; literature; military history; national identity; popular culture; propaganda; public opinion; science fiction
            Audience(s) for this book
                General/trade;