Men at work : the working man in British culture, 1939-1945 /

"A total war like the Second World War could not be won by soldiers, sailors and airmen alone. Men were required to till the fields, to manufacture munitions, to traverse the oceans with cargoes and to combat the ravages of the Luftwaffe's onslaught. As such, millions of British men of fig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robb, Linsey, 1986- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Colección:Genders and sexualities in history.
Temas:
Arbeit, ...
Manfred Mann
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Men > Employment > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Work > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Working class > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Masculinity > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Men > Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Men > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect économique > Grande-Bretagne.
Hommes > Travail > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travail > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Masculinité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hommes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Hommes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Economics
Masculinity
Men > Economic conditions
Men > Employment
Men > Social conditions
Popular culture
Social aspects
Social conditions
Work > Social aspects
Working class
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Arbeiter
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Finding the Lost Working Man
  • 2. Digging for Victory: Farming in Wartime Culture
  • 3. The Attack Begins in the Factory: The Male Industrial Worker in Wartime Culture
  • 4. Heroes on the Home Front: Firefighting in Wartime Culture
  • 5. For Those in Peril on the Sea: the Merchant Navy in Wartime Culture
  • 6. All In It Together?: Reflections on the Masculine Hierarchy.

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