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Good-bye, Piccadilly : British war brides in America Jenel Virden
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks D810.W7 V57 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Virden, Jenel.
- Series:
- Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War brides--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- War brides.
- Women immigrants--United States--History--20th century.
- Women immigrants.
- British Americans--Cultural assimilation.
- British Americans.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 177 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.
- Contents:
- Neglected voices
- The Second World War in Britain
- Overseas marriages
- Gaining entry to America
- From the old world to the new
- Transatlantic divorce, paternity, and incomplete immigration
- Transitions
- Conceptual assimilation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 025206528X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0252022254 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 32666070
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