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Whistling in the Dark : Memory and Culture in Wartime London /

Few historical images are more powerful than those of wartime London. Having survived a constant barrage of German bombs, the city is remembered as an island of courage and defiance. These wartime images are still in use today to support a wide variety of political viewpoints. But how well do such d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Freedman, Jean R. (Jean Rose) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. London Can Take It: Ideology and Wartime London; 3. Careless Talk Costs Lives: Speech in Wartime London; 4. Time Long Past: Narratives ofWartime London; Illustrations; 5. London Pride: Music and Wartime London; 6. Present Tense: Memories ofWartime London; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. 
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