Blood, sweat, and toil : remaking the British working class, 1939-1945 / Geoffrey G. Field.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, Geoffrey G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Working class.

Class consciousness.

History.

Working class--Political activity.

Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Working class--Political activity--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Class consciousness--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Remaking the British working class, 1939-1945

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199604111

0199604118

OCLC:

751748800