Home Front : Civilian Life in World War Two

Cooksley, Peter

ISBN 10: 075244316X / ISBN 13: 9780752443164

Editore: History Press Limited, The, 2007

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo GRP64980780

Riassunto:

This book deals with the experiences of those at home during the conflict of the Second World War, from mothers and children to voluntary organizations. Using significant events as markers, Peter Cooksley comments upon the differing experiences of these individual groups, using many previously unpublished or little-known accounts, from newspapers and interviews, and then explains these events in the wider context of the general conflict. The material examined here includes the declaration of war, the blackout, evacuation, the flood of government advice, the first bombs on the British Isles, rationing, petrol measures, travel restrictions, new faces in Parliament, the Beaverbrook touch, women's work in factories, evacuees brought home prematurely, ways to boost savings, the Bevin boys, propaganda, films, entertainment, and the differences in society by the end of war and what this meant for the future.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Peter Cooksley is the author of The Home Front: Civilian Life in World War One.

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Titolo: Home Front : Civilian Life in World War Two
Casa editrice: History Press Limited, The
Data di pubblicazione: 2007
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good