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02964aam a2200457 i 4500 001 DCF2B1FA6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150608s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015018312 020 $a 1137527463 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137527462 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)909320790 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a D759 R63 2015 100 1 $a Robb, Linsey, $d 1986- $e author. 245 10 $a Men at work : $b the working man in British culture, 1939-1945 / $c Linsey Robb. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2015. 300 $a xii, 165 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Genders and sexualities in history series 520 2 $a "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 fighting age were not in uniform. These men were central to victory. However, in a culture in which almost exclusively lauded the armed forces hero how was the vital work of these men portrayed to the British populace? Through an analysis of commercial cinema, radio broadcasts, print media as well as overt state propaganda, in conjunction with extensive archival research, Men at Work explores this very question"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Economic aspects $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Men $x History $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Work $x History $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Working class $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Masculinity $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Men $z Great Britain $x Economic conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Men $z Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Popular culture $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 830 0 $a Genders and sexualities in history. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020025357.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826040558.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCF2B1FA6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search