LEADER 03491nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910465672103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78170-235-7 010 $a1-84779-305-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085663 035 $a(EBL)1069625 035 $a(OCoLC)818847379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747113 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12301045 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747113 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10717341 035 $a(PQKB)10069778 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069625 035 $a(OCoLC)957516089 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78001 035 $a(OCoLC)1132229350 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069625 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623295 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843551 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085663 100 $a20121130d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar and welfare$b[electronic resource] $eBritish POW families, 1939-45 /$fBarbara Hately-Broad 210 $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7854-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a9780719078545; 9780719078545; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'No such useless appendage' -the state and service families before 1939; 2. 'An untidy arrangement' - service Family and Dependants' Allowances, 1939 to 1945; 3. 'Dead, missing or prisoner of war?'- classifying men lost in action; 4. 'The fortunes of war' - uncertainty and economic hardship; 5. 'Nobody would tell you anything'- official secrets and bureaucratic misinformation; 6. 'By ourselves, for ourselves' -unofficial information, self-help and charities 327 $a7. 'The rate for the job' - debate son postwar service allowancesConclusions; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDuring the Second World War, some 250,000 British servicemen were taken captive by either the Axis powers or the Japanese. As a result of this, their wives and families became completely dependent on the military and civil authorities. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war. The book then focuses on the most disadvantaged elements of this group - the wives, children and dependents of men taken prisoner- and the changes brought about by the exigencies of total war. Further chapters reflect on how these families organised to lobby government 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, British 606 $aFamilies of prisoners of war$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFamilies of prisoners of war$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, British. 615 0$aFamilies of prisoners of war$xHistory 615 0$aFamilies of prisoners of war$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 676 $a941.084086949 700 $aHately-Broad$b Barbara$0863433 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465672103321 996 $aWar and welfare$92443872 997 $aUNINA