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Love in time of war : letter writing in the Second World War / Deborah Montgomerie.
Van Pelt Library D744.7.N45 M66 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montgomerie, Deborah.
- Series:
- AUP studies in cultural and social history ; 1.
- AUP studies in cultural and social history ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand--History and criticism.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--New Zealand.
- Letter writing--New Zealand--History--20th century.
- Letter writing.
- Love-letters--New Zealand--History--20th century.
- Love-letters.
- Military spouses.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- New Zealand--Social life and customs--20th century.
- New Zealand.
- Soldiers--New Zealand--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Military spouses--New Zealand--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 146 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Using letters between soldiers and their loved ones, parents, sweethearts, wives, and children, this compilation traces the emotional and psychological ways New Zealanders made sense of the upheaval they experienced during World War II. Contrary to stereotypes, these writings show movingly and graphically that New Zealand soldiers were able to maintain a sense of their prewar selves and their connections to home through feats of the imagination and messages of love, hope, and longing that they sent back home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-144) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1869403363
- OCLC:
- 62090158
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