Inventing an object for modern conflict : the gas mask in war and peace, 1915-1929 -- Defending civilians : developing the gas mask in Britain and its Empire, c. 1930-1936 -- Unveiling the gas mask : designs and dissent, 1936-1938 -- Curating the good citizen : the gas mask goes…
The First World War introduced the widespread use of lethal chemical weapons. In its aftermath, the British government, like that of many states, had to prepare civilians to confront such weapons in a future war. Over the course of the interwar period, it developed individual an…
"It was a bitterly cold evening, and I had just finished giving a talk that shared the glimmerings of a new research project that looked seriously at how the gas mask, a peculiar object that came into being in 1915, could elucidate what it meant to face total war. At that point,…
"It was a bitterly cold evening, and I had just finished giving a talk that shared the glimmerings of a new research project that looked seriously at how the gas mask, a peculiar object that came into being in 1915, could elucidate what it meant to face total war. At that point,…