THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 29 | War Finance - Jonathan Boff

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, DR JONATHAN BOFF, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, talks about how Britain financed the First World War. IMAGE | J Weiner Ltd, 71/5 New Oxford Street, London WC1 (printer), National War Savings Committee (publisher/sponsor) - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//154/media-154489/large.jpg Photograph Art IWM PST 10475 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24234591 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.