Churchill's children : the evacuee experience in wartime Britain / John Welshman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welshman, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We were dumped at a roundabout with our labels on. People pulled and tugged at the children they wanted. It was a bit like a cattle market... people just waded in. I went with a lady and her daughter - she was like a second Mum.'Alexander King, evacuated aged elevenBased on the stories of thirteen children and adults, Churchill's Children tells the often moving story of the evacuation of schoolchildren in Britain during the Second World War, from the first mass evacuations of 1939 through to the lesser-known but equally important evacuations of 1940 and 1944. John Welshman skilfully captures t

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: A Child's War; 1. 'Evacuation': Just Another Word; 2. Operation Pied Piper; 3. The Railway Children; 4. Living Out of a Suitcase; 5. The Official Response; 6. A Winter on Welfare; 7. City and Countryside; 8. Spitfire Summer; 9. Victims or Vandals?; 10. One Year On; 11. The Long Haul; 12. Reconstruction; 13. Going Home; 14. Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-49062-1

9786612490620

0-19-157443-0

OCLC:

610210344