Men at work : : the working man in British culture, 1939-1945 / / Linsey Robb.
"A total war like the Second World War could not be won by soldiers, sailors and airmen alone. Men were required to till the fields, to manufacture munitions, to traverse the oceans with cargoes and to combat the ravages of the Luftwaffe's onslaught. As such, millions of British men of fig...
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| Superior document: | Genders and sexualities in history |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Genders and sexualities in history.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (178 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Finding the Lost Working Man
- 2. Digging for Victory : Farming in Wartime Culture
- 3. The Attack Begins in the Factory : The Male Industrial Worker in Wartime Culture
- 4. Heroes on the Home Front : Firefighting in Wartime Culture
- 5. For Those in Peril on the Sea : the Merchant Navy in Wartime Culture
- 6. All In It Together? : Reflections on the Masculine Hierarchy.