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Gender and the Second World War - Lessons of War (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Corinna Peniston-Bird, Emma Vickers Gender and the Second World War - Lessons of War (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Corinna Peniston-Bird, Emma Vickers
R3,381 Discovery Miles 33 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Showing how gender history contributes to existing understandings of the Second World War, this book offers detail and context on the national and transnational experiences of men and women during the war. Following a general introduction, the essays shed new light on the field and illustrate methods of working with a wide range of primary sources.

History Beyond the Text - A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources (Hardcover): Sarah Barber, Corinna... History Beyond the Text - A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources (Hardcover)
Sarah Barber, Corinna Peniston-Bird
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches. In order to help historians successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston-Bird bring together chapters from historical specialists in the fields of fine art, photography, film, oral history, architecture, virtual sources, music, cartoons, landscape and material culture to explain why, when and how these less traditional sources can be used. Each chapter introduces the reader to the source, suggests the methodological and theoretical questions historians should keep in mind when using it, and provides case studies to illustrate best practice in analysis and interpretation. Pulling these disparate sources together, the introduction discusses the nature of historical sources and those factors which are unique to, and shared by, the sources covered throughout the book. Taking examples from around the globe, this collection of essays aims to inspire practitioners of history to expand their horizons, and incorporate a wide variety of primary sources in their work.

Contesting Home Defence - Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War (Hardcover): Penny Summerfield, Corinna... Contesting Home Defence - Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War (Hardcover)
Penny Summerfield, Corinna Peniston-Bird
R2,179 Discovery Miles 21 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War. -- .

History Beyond the Text - A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources (Paperback): Sarah Barber, Corinna... History Beyond the Text - A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources (Paperback)
Sarah Barber, Corinna Peniston-Bird
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches. In order to help historians successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston-Bird bring together chapters from historical specialists in the fields of fine art, photography, film, oral history, architecture, virtual sources, music, cartoons, landscape and material culture to explain why, when and how these less traditional sources can be used. Each chapter introduces the reader to the source, suggests the methodological and theoretical questions historians should keep in mind when using it, and provides case studies to illustrate best practice in analysis and interpretation. Pulling these disparate sources together, the introduction discusses the nature of historical sources and those factors which are unique to, and shared by, the sources covered throughout the book. Taking examples from around the globe, this collection of essays aims to inspire practitioners of history to expand their horizons, and incorporate a wide variety of primary sources in their work.

Contesting Home Defence - Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War (Paperback): Penny Summerfield, Corinna... Contesting Home Defence - Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War (Paperback)
Penny Summerfield, Corinna Peniston-Bird
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War. -- .

Gender and the Second World War - Lessons of War (Paperback, 1st Ed. 2017): Corinna Peniston-Bird, Emma Vickers Gender and the Second World War - Lessons of War (Paperback, 1st Ed. 2017)
Corinna Peniston-Bird, Emma Vickers
R932 Discovery Miles 9 320 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Showing how gender history contributes to existing understandings of the Second World War, this book offers detail and context on the national and transnational experiences of men and women during the war. Following a general introduction, the essays shed new light on the field and illustrate methods of working with a wide range of primary sources.

Great War Britain Lancaster: Remembering 1914-18 (Paperback, Uk Ed.): Ian Gregory, Corinna Peniston-Bird, Peter Donnelly,... Great War Britain Lancaster: Remembering 1914-18 (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
Ian Gregory, Corinna Peniston-Bird, Peter Donnelly, Michael Hughes
R401 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, including the deaths of over a thousand 'Men of Lancaster', and its legacy continues to be remembered today. This book looks at the impact that the loss of so many men had on the community and offers an intimate portrayal of Lancaster and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. Drawing on detailed research conducted by the authors and their community partners, it describes the local reaction to the outbreak of war, the experience of individuals who enlisted, the changing face of industry, the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front, and how Lancaster coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Lancaster draws on all of these experiences to present a unique account of the local reality of a global conflict.

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