National Service Life Stories - Masculinity, Class, and the Memory of Conscription in Britain

Summary

National Service Life Stories studies the impact that compulsory military service had on men, using original, in-depth oral interviews with over one hundred ex-national servicemen to shine new light on changing meanings of class, masculinity and citizenship, as well as the complexities of popular memory.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Grant, Grant Matthew, Peter Gurney, Peter (Professor of British Social History Gurney, Gurney Peter, Joel Morley
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9780192898968
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289896-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Oral History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social groups, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, British & Irish history, Second World War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Social groups, communities and identities