Which People's War ? - National Identity and citizenship in wartime britain 1939-1945

Zusatztext More than a decade after its publication, Which People's War? remains a model for students interested in contemporary cultural history, as well as a salutary reminder of the implicit exclusions inherent in any nationalist project Klappentext What did it mean to be British during the 'People's War'? Professor Rose uses material from newspapers! diaries! novels and letters to examine popular notions of citizenship on the home front. She shows that what we now mean by 'identity politics' was alive and well in the 1940s and that any singular conception of 'Britishness' was extremely fragile. Zusammenfassung What did it mean to be British during the 'People's War'? Professor Rose uses material from newspapers, diaries, novels and letters to examine popular notions of citizenship on the home front. She shows that what we now mean by 'identity politics' was alive and well in the 1940s and that any singular conception of 'Britishness' was extremely fragile.

Product details

• Authors: Sonya O. Rose, Sonya O. Rose, Rose Sonya O.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2003
• EAN: 9780199255726
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925572-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Nationalismus, Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater