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Men at work : the working man in British culture, 1939-1945
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"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 an...
"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 fighting age were not in uniform. These men were central to victory. However, in a culture in which almost exclusively lauded the armed forces hero how was the vital work of these men portrayed to the British populace? Through an analysis of commercial cinema, radio broadcasts, print media as well as overt state propaganda, in conjunction with extensive archival research, Men at Work explores this very question"--
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- Creator
- Linsey Robb
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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- xii, 165 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781137527462, 1349566489, 1137527471, 9781137527479, 1137527463
- OCLC
- ocn909320790
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-163) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- 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.
- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.