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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453554903321

Titolo

'Millions like us'? [[electronic resource] ] : British culture in the Second World War / / edited by Nick Hayes and Jeff Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-78138-769-9

1-84631-248-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HayesNick

HillJeff <1943->

Disciplina

306.094109044

940.53/1

Soggetti

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

Popular culture - Great Britain

World War, 1939-1945 - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Civilization 20th century

Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

'When Work Is Over': Labour, Leisure and Culture in Wartime BritainNot Just a Case of Baths, Canteens and Rehabilitation Centres: The Second World War and the Recreational Provision of the Miners' Welfare Commission in Coalmining Communities; 'You and I - All of Us Ordinary People': Renegotiating 'Britishness' in Wartime; Postscript: A War Imagined; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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 particularly noticeable in the construction of ideas of inclusiveness and commonality where 'the people' pulled together to secure victory and a socially equitable peace, the essays also seek to explore the diversity of institutional and personal experiences. Essays look at major national institution