The 1940s Home

The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the Second World War. In the first five years of the decade homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape to the windows, sandbags round the door, and a Morrison shelter in the kitchen. In the garden, lawn and shrubs gave way to vegetable plots and chicken coops. For those whose houses were damaged or destroyed, or those moved out of their homes by post-war rehousing schemes, the picture was very different. For many the pre-fab became home, and new designs of furniture made under the utility scheme furnished rooms cheaply and stylishly. And new estates, different from anything tried before the war, rose from the bomb sites, offering state-of-the-art sanitisation and modern facilities to thousands.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Doyle, Paul Evans
• Editore: SHIRE
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.2009
• EAN: 9780747807360
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0736-0
• Pagine: 48
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 201 mm x 5 mm
• Serie: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Social History, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Furniture, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General