You Can Help Your Country : : English children's work during the Second World War / / Berry Mayall, Virginia Morrow.

First published in 2011, You Can Help Your Country: English children's work during the Second World War reveals the remarkable, hidden history of children as social agents who actively participated in a national effort during a period of crisis. In praise of the book, Hugh Cunningham, celebrate...

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Place / Publishing House:London : : UCL Press,, 2020.
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the revised edition
  • 1. Starting points
  • 2. Children in social thought between the wars
  • 3. Earners or learners? Work and school 1900-1939
  • 4. Children in wartime
  • 5. Younger children's work: Doing their bit
  • 6. Bringing in the harvest
  • 7. Older children's work: Serving their country
  • 8. Children in organisations: Working for freedom
  • 9. Closing points
  • Appendix : School histories
  • References
  • Index.