Home fronts : Britain and the Empire at war, 1939-45 /

"There is increasing interest in the 'home front' during the Second World War, including issues such as how people coped with rationing, how women worked to contribute to the war effort, and how civilian morale fluctuated over time. Most studies on this subject are confined to Britain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crowley, Mark J. (Editor ), Dawson, Sandra Trudgen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Civilians in war > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Commonwealth countries.
Civilians in war > Commonwealth countries > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre > Participation des civils > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Pays du Commonwealth.
Guerre > Participation des civils > Pays du Commonwealth > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Civilians in war
Social aspects
Commonwealth countries
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Home fronts and the empire at war / Mark J. Crowley and Sandra Trudgen Dawson
  • pt. 1. Consumption on the home front
  • British restaurants and the gender politics of the wartime midday meal / Nadja Durbach
  • A nutritional economy : the calorie, development and war in mandate Palestine / Sherene Seikaly
  • Rubber shortages on Britain's home front / Sandra Trudgen Dawson
  • Nation-building and nationalism in Bengali children's literature during the 1940s and 1950s / Nupur Chaudhuri
  • pt. 2. The militarized home front
  • 'Young blood' and 'the blackout' : love, sex and marriage on the South African home front / Jean P. Smith
  • Ceylon's home front during the Second World War / Ashley Jackson
  • Nyanza at war : Kenya and the mobilization of Britain's Colonial Empire / Andrew Stewart
  • 'Fighting in their ways'? : the civilian man in British culture, 1939-1945 / Linsey Robb
  • pt. 3. Technology, danger and waste on the home front
  • "The Royal Mail will always get through' : maintaining communications on the home and military front during the Second World War / Mark J. Crowley
  • 'National necessity' and 'patriotic duty' : railway publicity in World War II India / Ritika Prasad
  • Removing danger : the making of 'dangerous internees' in Australia / Christine Winter
  • Bombs and recycling drives : the double threat to books and documents in wartime Britain / Peter Thorsheim.

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