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Which people's war? : national identity and citizenship in wartime Britain 1939-1945. Cover Image

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Which people's war? : national identity and citizenship in wartime Britain 1939-1945

Summary: Which People's War? examines how national belonging, or British national identity, was envisaged in the public culture of the World War II home front. Using materials from newspapers, magazines, films, novels, diaries, letters, and all sorts of public documents, it explores such questions as: who was included as 'British' and what did it mean to be British? How did the British describe themselves as a singular people, and what were the consequences of those depictions? Italso examines the several meanings of citizenship elaborated in various discussions concerning the British nation at war. Th.

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ISBN: 0191001902
ISBN: 9780191001901
Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)
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Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : national identity and citizenship -- 'With axe large and gory' : the wartime nation and class -- 'Good-time' girls and quintessential aliens -- 'Be truly feminine' : contradictory obligations and ambivalent representations -- Temperate heroes : masculinity on the home front -- Geographies of the nation -- 'The end is bound to come' : race, empire, and nation.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.