Blood, sweat, and toil : remaking the British working class, 1939-1945 /
Field, Geoffrey G.
Blood, sweat, and toil : remaking the British working class, 1939-1945 / Remaking the British working class, 1939-1945. Geoffrey G. Field. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - x, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evacuation -- Class and Community in the Blitz, 1940-41 -- The Industrial Front and Trade Unionism -- The Mobilization of Women -- Family in Trouble -- Leisure, Culture, and Class -- A Citizens' Army -- Wartime Radicals Envision a New Order, 1940-1942 -- 1945 And All That.
"Blood, Sweat, and Toil is the first scholarly history of the British working class in the Second World War. It integrates social, political, and labour history, and reflects the most recent scholarship and debates on social class, gender, and the forging of identities."--Publisher.
9780199604111 (hardback) 0199604118 (hardback)
GBB196194 bnb
Working class--History--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Working class--Political activity--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Class consciousness--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
HD8391 / .F54 2011
305.562094109044
Blood, sweat, and toil : remaking the British working class, 1939-1945 / Remaking the British working class, 1939-1945. Geoffrey G. Field. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - x, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evacuation -- Class and Community in the Blitz, 1940-41 -- The Industrial Front and Trade Unionism -- The Mobilization of Women -- Family in Trouble -- Leisure, Culture, and Class -- A Citizens' Army -- Wartime Radicals Envision a New Order, 1940-1942 -- 1945 And All That.
"Blood, Sweat, and Toil is the first scholarly history of the British working class in the Second World War. It integrates social, political, and labour history, and reflects the most recent scholarship and debates on social class, gender, and the forging of identities."--Publisher.
9780199604111 (hardback) 0199604118 (hardback)
GBB196194 bnb
Working class--History--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Working class--Political activity--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Class consciousness--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
HD8391 / .F54 2011
305.562094109044