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Men in reserve : British civilian masculinities in the Second World War /
'Men in Reserve' provides the first nationwide study of the reserved occupations, bringing together a wide range of sources including new oral histories, autobiographies, archive, visual and film materials.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Cultural history of modern war.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 'Men in Reserve' provides the first nationwide study of the reserved occupations, bringing together a wide range of sources including new oral histories, autobiographies, archive, visual and film materials. |
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| Notas: | 1. Men in reserve: recovering the civilian man 2. Raising an 'industrial army': the policy of reservation in the First and Second World Wars 3. 'Making a contribution to the war effort': reactions to reserved status, masculinity and the military 4. Grafters not shirkers: reserved men at work 5. Bodies on the line: risk, health and manliness 6. Outside the factory gates: reserved life on the home front 7. Forgotten: the missing legacy of Britain's reserved occupations Concluding thoughts Index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-374) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526106148 1526106140 9781526106131 1526106132 |