Women's Experiences of the Second World War - Exile, Occupation and Everyday Life (Hardcover)

Using a very wide range of detailed sources, the book surveys the many different experiences of women during the Second World War. Many existing studies on the role of women in the Second World War concentrate on women's increasing participation in the workplace and on their struggles to cope with rationing and shortages. This book goes further, exploring women's wartime experiences much more fully. Drawing on a wide range of sources including oral interviews, scrapbooks, personal letters, diaries, newspaper articles, Mass Observation files and memoirs, the book illustrates some of the similarities and differences of women's wartime experiences in different situations in different countries. Specific subjects covered include experiences of exile and living under occupation, of coping with proximity to fighting and to the frontline, and of dealing with everyday life in trying circumstances. The book draws out how factors such as political beliefs, nationalism, economics, religion, ability, geography and culture all had an impact. Overall, the book reveals a great deal about the complexities and nuances of women's experiences in this period of enormous upheaval. Contributors: Patricia Chappine, Nupur Chaudhuri, Sylvie Crinquand, Beth Hessel, Sarah Hogenbirk, Regina Lark, Bernice Lindner, Alexis Peri, Kelly Spring, Michael Timonin, Angela Wanhalla, Wai-Yin Christina Wong.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Mark J. Crowley (Person) • Sandra Trudgen Dawson (Customer Opt-In)
Contributors:	Mark J. Crowley (Person) • Sandra Trudgen Dawson (Customer Opt-In) • Beth Hessel (Contributor) • Nupur Chaudhuri (Customer Opt-In) • Regina F Lark • Kelly A. Spring • Bernice Lindner • Michael Timonin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-587-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-78327-587-1
Barcode:	9781783275878

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