War and welfare [[electronic resource] ] : British POW families, 1939-45 / / Barbara Hately-Broad

• Autore: Hately-Broad Barbara
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.084086949
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, British; Families of prisoners of war - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Families of prisoners of war - Government policy - Great Britain - History - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Great Britain
• Soggetto non controllato: Axis powers; British Home Front; British governments; British servicemen; Second World War; conflict; misinformation; service dependents; total war; welfare provision
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719078545; 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 ; 7. 'The rate for the job' - debate son postwar service allowancesConclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: During 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
• Titolo autorizzato: War and welfare
• ISBN: 1-84779-726-1; 1-78170-235-7; 1-84779-305-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791737503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II