The Home Front Pocket Manual 1939-1945

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2020
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-61200-867-7 (ISBN)

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Attractive pocket manual bringing together advice and tips for families on the homefront during World War II

Compiled from the archives of the Mary Evans archives, this manual brings together articles from fashionable contemporary magazines including Britannia & Eve, the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News and Tatler, on all aspects of the home front in WWII. These fascinating articles cover complying with black-out regulations; what to do with the family car; augmenting rationed foods and turning them into tasty meals; contributing to the war effort by keeping livestock, salvaging valuable materials and growing food; all the while remaining fashionable and keeping up appearances.

Lucinda Gosling studied history at the University of Liverpool and has worked in the picture library for 23 years, most recently at historical specialist, Mary Evans Picture Library. She is a writer and public speaker, contributing to various publications including History Today, Tatler and Majesty and is author of over ten books on a wide variety of subjects from historic London to Great War knitting.

Introduction
1. The War at Home
2. Make Do and Mend
3. Rations
4. Keeping up Appearances
5. Wartime travel
6. Supporting the War Effort

Erscheinungsdatum	02.01.2020
Reihe/Serie	Pocket Manual
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-61200-867-4 / 1612008674
ISBN-13	978-1-61200-867-7 / 9781612008677
Zustand	Neuware