Waste into weapons : recycling in Britain during the Second World War /

"During the Second World War, the United Kingdom faced severe shortages of essential raw materials. To keep its armaments factories running, the British government enlisted millions of people in efforts to recycle a wide range of materials for use in munitions production. Recycling not only sup...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thorsheim, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Studies in environment and history.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Equipment and supplies.
Defense industries > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Scrap metals > Recycling > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Cultural property > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Grande-Bretagne > Matériel.
Industrie militaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Recyclage (Déchets, etc.) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Civil rights
Cultural property
Defense industries
Diplomatic relations
Equipment and supplies
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Salvage (Waste, etc.)
Scrap metals
Social conditions
Great Britain > History, Military > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1936-1945.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1936-1945.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Beating Ploughshares into Swords
  • Salvage in times of peace and war
  • Persuasion and its limits
  • Britain's darkest hour
  • Private enterprise and the public good
  • Part II. Alliances
  • Lend-Lease
  • Waste becomes a crime
  • Part III. History, Culture, and Civil Liberties
  • The built environment
  • Wasting paper
  • Requisition
  • Victory and postwar.

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