Aftershocks The Politics of Trauma in

This book examines the impact of collective trauma arising out of the Great War on the politics of the 1920s in Britain.Aftershocksstudies how meanings of shellshock and imagery presenting the traumatized psyche as shattered contributed to Britons understandings of their political selves in the 1920s. It connects the force of emotions to the political culture of a decade which saw extraordinary violence against those regarded as un-English.

Susan Kingsley Kent is Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Britons' Shattered Psyche	p. 10
Jews, "Blacks," and the Promises of Radical Conservatism, 1919-1925	p. 35
The Amritsar Massacre, 1919-1920	p. 64
Reprisals in Ireland, 1919-1921	p. 91
The General Strike of 1926	p. 122
Flappers and the Igbo Women's War of 1929 (with Marc Matera)	p. 149
Conclusion: Resolving the "National Crisis" of 1929-1931	p. 180
Notes	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 218
Index	p. 226
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Aftershocks The Politics of Trauma in Britain, 1918-1931

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