The impact of world war one on the homefront - social, political and economic impacts.

The First World War impacted significantly on the homefronts of the participating nations in many different social, political and economic areas. There was a widespread restructuring of primary industry with a large orientation towards militarism. There was massive political change where new systems of power were introduced that gave governments a range of new powers including the control over industry. The civilian population had severe restrictions placed upon their rights and liberties due to the …

…new technological advances. The political changes were ongoing after the war and continued to affect the population. The economic debts faced from the cost of such a long war impacted so much on the economic situation that it took a long time for the economies of participating nations to recover. <Tab/> <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>