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Book/Printed Material Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain

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Title

  • Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain

Summary

  • "How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain, focusing on objects and spaces such as gas masks, air raid shelters and bombed-out buildings. In their struggles to cope with the fears and upheavals of wartime, with families divided and familiar landscapes lost or transformed, children reimagined and reshaped these material traces of conflict into toys, treasures and playgrounds. This study of the material worlds of wartime childhood offers a unique viewpoint into an extraordinary period in history with powerful resonances across global conflicts into the present day"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Moshenska, Gabriel, author.

Created / Published

  • London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Contents

  • Gas masks -- Collecting shrapnel -- Air raid shelters -- Bombsites -- Aircraft down to earth.

Headings

  • -  Children--Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century
  • -  Material culture--Great Britain--History--20th century
  • -  War and society--Great Britain--History--20th century
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain
  • -  Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • D810.C4

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018059186

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Moshenska, Gabriel, Author. Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain. London ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018059186/.

APA citation style:

Moshenska, G. (2019) Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain. London ; New York, NY: Routledge. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018059186/.

MLA citation style:

Moshenska, Gabriel, Author. Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain. London ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018059186/>.