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Millions Like Us'? : British Culture in the Second World War.

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This collection of essays brings together the latest historical research on cultural production and reception during the Second World War. Its starting point is how this war was presented to, and understood by, contemporaries and how they differentiated it from earlier conflicts. Although this was p...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Hayes, Nick
Other Authors: Hill, Jeff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century.
World War (1939-1945)
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Social aspects.
Great Britain.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; An 'English War', Wartime Culture and 'Millions Like Us'; British Cinema and 'The People's War'; The People's Radio: The BBC and its Audience, 1939-1945; Was it the Mirror Wot Won it? The Development of the Tabloid Press During the Second World War; A More Even Playing Field? Sport During and After the War; A Time for Hard Writers: The Impact of War on Women Writers; Safe and Sound: New Music in Wartime Britain; More Than 'Music-While-You-Eat'? Factory and Hostel Concerts, 'Good Culture' and the Workers.

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