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02760aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 CE8FF3FC7E8911E893E09E1097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180703010845 008 170719t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017950133 020 $a 0198735766 020 $a 9780198735762 035 $a (OCoLC)994322251 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NLE $d CDX $d L2U $d COO $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a DA125 A1 W43 2018 100 1 $a Webster, Wendy, $e author. 245 10 $a Mixing it : $b diversity in World War Two Britain / $c Wendy Webster. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford, United Kingdom : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a viii, 317 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-310) and index. 520 $a "During the Second World War, people arrived in Britain from all over the world as troops, war-workers, nurses, refugees, exiles, and prisoners-of-war-chiefly from Europe, America, and the British Empire. Between 1939 and 1945, the population in Britain became more diverse than it had ever been before.Through diaries, letters, and interviews, 'Mixing It' tells of ordinary lives pushed to extraordinary lengths. Among the stories featured are those of Zbigniew Siemaszko - deported by the Soviet Union, fleeing Kazakhstan on a horse-drawn sleigh, and eventually joining the Polish army in Scotland via Iran, Iraq, and South Africa - and 'Johnny' Pohe - the first Maori pilot to serve in the RAF, who was captured, and eventually murdered by the Gestapo for his part in the 'Great Escape'.This is the first book to look at the big picture of large-scale movements to Britain and the rich variety of relations between different groups. When the war ended, awareness of the diversity of Britain's wartime population was lost and has played little part in public memories of the war. 'Mixing It' recovers this forgotten history. It illuminates the place of the Second World War in the making of multinational, multiethnic Britain and resonates with current debates on immigration."--Dust jacket. 505 0 $a Introduction: 'The Big Proposition' -- 1940 -- Enemies and neutrals -- The Empire comes to Britain -- Allies -- Language, speech, and sound -- Sexual patriotism -- Aftermah. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y George VI, 1936-1952. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211015328.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180905045654.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE8FF3FC7E8911E893E09E1097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search