Britain’s ‘brown babies’ : The stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War / / Lucy Bland |
Autore | Bland Lucy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.846 |
Soggetto topico |
Social history
Racially mixed children Oral history Social history - 20th century World War, 1939-1945 - Black people |
Soggetto genere / forma | Oral histories. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Americans
Black GIs Britain Mixed-race Racism Second World War White women World war II illegitimacy interracial relationships ‘brown babies’ |
ISBN |
1-5261-3327-X
1-5261-5405-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 British women meet black GIs -- 2 Keeping the ‘brown babies’ -- 3 ‘Brown babies’ relinquished -- 4 Adoption, fostering and attempts to send the babies to the US -- 5 Secrets and lies -- 6 After the war and beyond -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817619203321 |
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British and American School Stories, 1910–1960 : Fiction, Femininity, and Friendship / / by Nancy G. Rosoff, Stephanie Spencer |
Autore | Rosoff Nancy G |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
Disciplina |
305.4
823.912093557 |
Soggetto topico |
World history
Books—History Women Social history Education—History Civilization—History World History, Global and Transnational History History of the Book Women's Studies Social History History of Education Cultural History |
ISBN | 3-030-05986-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. School Stories: A Transnational Perspective -- 3. Sociability -- 4. Responsibility -- 5. Domesticity -- 6. Authority -- 7. Possibility -- 8. Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483096203321 |
Rosoff Nancy G
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British Character and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War, 1939–48 / / by Alan Malpass |
Autore | Malpass Alan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
940.547241
900 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945
Civilization - History Social history History of Britain and Ireland History of Germany and Central Europe History of World War II and the Holocaust Cultural History Social History |
ISBN |
3-030-48915-9
9783030489151 3030489140 9783030489144 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Characteristic Decency of Dangerous Sentimentality? 1939-43 -- 3. Atrocities and the Limits of Civility. 1944-45 -- 4. Rubbing Shoulders with the (Ex)Enemy: Fraternisation and Marriage -- 5. ‘A Blot on Our Fair Name’? Indefinite Detention and Exploitation -- 6. After Liberation: Migration, Memory and the Meaning of British POW treatment -- 7. Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910416089003321 |
Malpass Alan
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British Humanitarian Activity in Russia, 1890-1923 / / by Luke Kelly |
Autore | Kelly Luke |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 220 p. 9 illus.) |
Disciplina | 947 |
Soggetto topico |
Russia—History
Europe, Eastern—History Great Britain—History Social history Europe—History—1492- Religion—History Russian, Soviet, and East European History History of Britain and Ireland Social History History of Modern Europe History of Religion |
ISBN | 3-319-65190-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: British Humanitarian Activity and Russia, c. 1890-1923 -- 2. Humanitarian traditions and Russia’s problems -- 3. Britain and the Russian Famine, 1891-2 -- 4. Speaking up for Religious Freedom in Russia: Jewish and Christian humanitarianism -- 5. Humanitarian sympathy and national liberation -- 6. Britain and the Russian Famine, 1921-3 -- 7. Conclusion -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299804903321 |
Kelly Luke
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British Invasion and Spy Literature, 1871–1918 : Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Society / / by Danny Laurie-Fletcher |
Autore | Laurie-Fletcher Danny |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
Disciplina | 823.087209 |
Soggetto topico |
Great Britain—History
Civilization—History Literature—History and criticism Social history British literature History of Britain and Ireland Cultural History Literary History Social History British and Irish Literature |
ISBN | 3-030-03852-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Foreign Agents, Invaders, Government Responses and Novels: The Battle of Dorking to The Great Secret -- Chapter 3: Foreign Agents, Invaders, Empire, Government Responses and Novels -- Chapter 4: The Early War Spy Scare and ‘The Hidden Hand’ -- Chapter 5: The Concept of the Gentleman in British Spy Literature -- Chapter 6: The Portrayal of British Women in Wartime Occupations in British Spy Literature during World War I -- Chapter 7: ‘The Most Dangerous Woman on Earth’: Sexuality in British Spy Literature during World War I -- Chapter 8: Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483925403321 |
Laurie-Fletcher Danny
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British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815 [[electronic resource] /] / by Gillian Williamson |
Autore | Williamson Gillian |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 052 |
Collana | Genders and Sexualities in History |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization—History
Social history Great Britain—History History, Modern Sociology Cultural History Social History History of Britain and Ireland Modern History Gender Studies |
ISBN | 1-137-54233-0 |
Classificazione | HIS015000HIS037050HIS054000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Gentlemanly masculinity -- The history of the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1815 -- Readers and contributors -- Gentlemanly masculinity in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1756 -- Gentlemanly masculinity in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1757-1789 -- Gentlemanly masculinity in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1790-1815 -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254776903321 |
Williamson Gillian
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British Sociologists and French 'Sociologues' in the Interwar Years : The Battle for Society / / by Baudry Rocquin |
Autore | Rocquin Baudry |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 229 p. 1 illus.) |
Disciplina |
301
301.0904 |
Soggetto topico |
Historical sociology
Social history Social sciences—Philosophy Historical Sociology Social History Social Theory |
ISBN | 3-030-10913-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sociologie, a French science? -- Chapter 3. Accepting the French: The Edinburgh School of Sociology -- Chapter 4. Rejecting the French: Classical British Sociology at the London School of Economics -- Chapter 5. Modernising British Sociology: The Rise of the Social Survey -- Chapter 6. Accepting the British: Sociologists and Their Reception in France -- Chapter 7. Two Sciences, a Common Concern: French Sociologie and British Social Anthropology -- Chapter 8. Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910367615903321 |
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The British World and an Australian National Identity [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-Australian Cricket, 1860–1901 / / by Jared van Duinen |
Autore | van Duinen Jared |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 85 pages) |
Disciplina | 796.358 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization—History
Islands of the Pacific—History Imperialism Great Britain—History Social history Cultural History Australasian History Imperialism and Colonialism History of Britain and Ireland Social History |
ISBN |
9781137527783 $q (electronic bk.)
1137527781 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Metropole-to-Colony Cultural Traffic and the Development of Australian Cricket, 1860-1877 -- 3. Bi-directional Cultural Traffic and the Evolution of an Australian Cricketing Identity -- 4. Interlude: the British World Personified: Fred ‘the Demon’ Spofforth and Billy Midwinter -- 5. Lord Sheffield’s 1891-92 Tour and the Revitalisation of Australian Cricket -- 6. Conclusions -- 7. Bibliography -- 8. Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299794003321 |
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Brutality and Desire [[electronic resource] ] : War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century / / edited by D. Herzog |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.70940904
363.34/98 |
Collana | Genders and Sexualities in History |
Soggetto topico |
Europe—History
History, Modern Civilization—History Sociology Clinical psychology Social history European History Modern History Cultural History Gender Studies Clinical Psychology Social History |
ISBN |
0230285635
1-282-27747-2 9786612277474 0-230-23429-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 'A fate worse than dying' : sexual violence during the Armenian genocide / Matthias Bjørnlund -- Race and sex, fear and loathing in France during the great war / Richard S. Fogarty -- Italian fascism's Ethiopian conquest and the dream of a prescribed sexuality / Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci -- 'The good fellow' : negotiation, remembrance, and recollection : homosexuality in the British armed forces, 1939-1945 / Emma Vickers -- 'Youth off the rails' : teenage girls and German soldiers : a case study in occupied Denmark, 1940-1945 / Lulu Anne Hansen -- Camp brothels : forced sex labour in Nazi concentration camps / Robert Sommer -- Between 'racial awareness' and fantasies of potency : Nazi sexual politics in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union, 1942-1945 / Regina Mühlhäuser -- Sexual abuse of Jewish women in Auschwitz-Birkenau / Na'ama Shik -- Sexual violence in the Algerian war / Raphaëlle Branche -- The 'sum of such actions' : investigating mass rape in Bosnia-Herzegovina through a case study of Foca / Teresa Iacobelli. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778325503321 |
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Brutality and Desire : War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century / / edited by D. Herzog |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.70940904
363.34/98 |
Collana | Genders and Sexualities in History |
Soggetto topico |
Europe—History
History, Modern Civilization—History Sociology Clinical psychology Social history European History Modern History Cultural History Gender Studies Clinical Psychology Social History |
ISBN |
0230285635
1-282-27747-2 9786612277474 0-230-23429-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 'A fate worse than dying' : sexual violence during the Armenian genocide / Matthias Bjørnlund -- Race and sex, fear and loathing in France during the great war / Richard S. Fogarty -- Italian fascism's Ethiopian conquest and the dream of a prescribed sexuality / Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci -- 'The good fellow' : negotiation, remembrance, and recollection : homosexuality in the British armed forces, 1939-1945 / Emma Vickers -- 'Youth off the rails' : teenage girls and German soldiers : a case study in occupied Denmark, 1940-1945 / Lulu Anne Hansen -- Camp brothels : forced sex labour in Nazi concentration camps / Robert Sommer -- Between 'racial awareness' and fantasies of potency : Nazi sexual politics in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union, 1942-1945 / Regina Mühlhäuser -- Sexual abuse of Jewish women in Auschwitz-Birkenau / Na'ama Shik -- Sexual violence in the Algerian war / Raphaëlle Branche -- The 'sum of such actions' : investigating mass rape in Bosnia-Herzegovina through a case study of Foca / Teresa Iacobelli. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812374503321 |
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 | ||
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