Cultivating Victory : The Women's Land Army and the Victory Garden Movement /

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A study of the sea change brought about in politics, society, and gender roles during World Wars I and II by campaigns to recruit Women's Land Armies in Great Britain and the United States to cultivate victory gardens. The author compares and contrasts the outcomes of war in both nations as see...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gowdy-Wygant, Cecilia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women's Land Army (Great Britain)
Women's Land Army (Great Britain) > History.
Women's Land Army (U.S.) > History.
Victory gardens.
HISTORY > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Horticulture.
GARDENING > Vegetables.
GARDENING > Reference.
GARDENING > Essays.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Victory gardens > Great Britain > History.
Victory gardens > United States > History.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The First World War
  • The Second World War
  • Cultivation and Cultural Transcendence.

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