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Autore |
Hinton James |
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Titolo |
Nine wartime lives [[electronic resource] ] : mass-observation and the making of the modern self / / James Hinton |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-960515-7 |
9786612383649 |
0-19-157343-4 |
1-282-38364-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Great Britain |
World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects |
World War, 1939-1945 |
World War, 1939-1945 - Women - Great Britain |
Autonomy (Psychology) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Nella Last: Nation before husband; 3. Gertrude Glover: Moral guardian; 4. Mary Clayton: Bombed out and keeping going; 5. Eleanor Humphries: Serving genius; 6. Lillian Rogers: Birmingham flaneuse; 7. Ernest van Someren: The good life; 8. Denis Argent: Between the acts; 9. The Waltons: A democratic marriage; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Nine Wartime Lives, James Hinton uses diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain to re-evaluate the social history of the Second World War, and to reflect on the twentieth-century making of the modern self. These diaries were written by some of the unusually self-reflective and public-spirited people who agreed to write intimate journals about their daily activity for the social research organisation, |
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