'Millions like us'? : British culture in the Second World War /

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This collection of essays brings together the latest historical research on cultural production and reception during the Second World War. Its starting point is how this war was presented to, and understood by, contemporaries and how they differentiated it from earlier conflicts. Although this was p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hayes, Nick (Editor ), Hill, Jeff, 1943- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Social aspects.
Kultur
Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 1918-1945.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An 'English war': wartime culture and 'Millions like us" / Nick Hayes
  • British cinema and 'the people's war' / James Chapman
  • The people's radio : the BBC and its audience, 1939-1945 / Siân Nicholas
  • Was it the Mirror wot won it? The development of the tabloid press during the Second World War / Michael Bromley
  • A more even playing field? Sport during and after the war / Norman Baker
  • A time for hard writers : the impact of war on women writers / Joanna Alberti
  • Safe and sound : new music in wartime Britain / Robert Mackay
  • More than 'music-while-you-eat'? Factory and hostel concerts, 'good culture' and the workers / Nick Hayes
  • 'When work is over' : labour, leisure and culture in wartime Britain / Jeff Hill
  • Not just a case of baths, canteens and rehabilitation centres : the Second World War and the recreational provision of the Miners' Welfare Commission in coalmining communities / Colin Griffin
  • 'You and I, all of us ordinary people' : renegotiating 'Britishness' in wartime / John Baxendale
  • Postscript : a war imagined / Jeff Hill.

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