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UNINA9910479994103321 |
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Autore |
Dodd Lindsey |
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Titolo |
French children under the Allied bombs, 1940–45 : An oral history / / Lindsey Dodd |
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Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-78499-785-4 |
1-78499-741-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cultural history of modern war |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Military campaigns |
Children |
Bombing, Aerial |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France |
Bombing, Aerial - France - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Children - France |
History |
Electronic books. |
France |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Children, bombing and France; Three towns under the bombs; Boulogne-Billancourt; Brest; Lille; The structure of this book; Notes; 1 Telling stories; History or memory?; History or oral history?; Individual or collective memory?; Children or adults?; A book about trauma?; Notes; Part I Expecting bombing; 2 Expecting war; Future war; Past war; Present war; Notes; 3 Preparing for bombs; National preparations |
Local and domestic preparationsNotes; Part II Experiencing bombing; 4 Being bombed; Surprise, shelter, survival: practical responses to bombing; Son et lumière: sensory responses to bombing; Hope, fear |
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and despair: emotional responses to bombing; Notes; 5 An evolving response; Evolution of the threat; Vichy's response to the threat; Evolution of local responses; Family and personal responses; Notes; 6 In the aftermath; Local destruction: scale and confrontation; Finding home and family; Encounters with death; Rescue and clearance in the aftermath; Notes; 7 The consequences of bombing |
Disruptions to daily lifeSinistrés; Refugees; Child evacuees: policy; Child evacuees: experience; Notes; Part III Explaining bombing; 8 Explaining bombing to the public; Anti-Allied propaganda; Pro-Allied propaganda; Public opinion, propaganda and bombing; Notes; 9 Explaining bombing to children; Propaganda for children; Explaining to children: extent of knowledge; Notes; 10 Friends, enemies and the wider war; The Allies: friends?; The Germans: enemies?; Bombing and the wider war; Notes; Evaluating bombing: a conclusion; Evaluating the impact of bombing on the individual |
Evaluating impact beyond the individualBombing and memory in France; Notes; Appendix: biographical profiles; Interviewees; Writers; Bibliography; Interviews with the author; Written accounts given to the author; Archival sources; France: main; Archives municipales de Boulogne-Billancourt (AMBB); Archives municipales et communautaires de Brest (AMCB); Archives départementales du Nord (ADN); Archives municipales de Lille (AML); France: other; Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône (ADBR); Archives départementales du Calvados (ADC); Archives départementales de la Creuse (ADCr) |
Archives départementales d'Ille-et-Vilaine (ADIV)Archives départementales de la Loire (ADL); Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique (ADLA); Archives départementales du Morbihan (ADM); Archives municipales de Marseille (AMM); Archives nationales de France, Paris (AN); United Kingdom; The National Archives of the United Kingdom (TNA); British Broadcasting Corporation Written Archives at Caversham (BBC WAC); Official documents; Printed memoirs, diaries and contemporary texts; Local magazines; Radio; Websites; Printed secondary works; Unpublished theses; Index |
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