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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pattinson, Juliette (Autor), Robb, Linsey, 1986- (Autor), McIvor, Arthur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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.
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 (400 pages): illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9781526106131