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03616aam a2200445 i 4500 001 3F4D9158ED3011E78644BA0B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171230010220 008 150504t20152015nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015008863 020 $a 1107099358 020 $a 9781107099357 035 $a (OCoLC)908554307 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d CDX $d GZM $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-uk 050 00 $a D759 $b .T47 2015 082 00 $a 363.72/82094109044 $2 23 100 1 $a Thorsheim, Peter, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005076338 245 10 $a Waste into weapons : $b recycling in Britain during the Second World War / $c Peter Thorsheim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xiii, 289 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in environment and history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 2 $a "During the Second World War, the United Kingdom faced severe shortages of essential raw materials. To keep its armaments factories running, the British government enlisted millions of people in efforts to recycle a wide range of materials for use in munitions production. Recycling not only supplied British munitions factories with much-needed raw materials--it also played a key role in the efforts of the British government to maintain the morale of its citizens, to secure billions of dollars in Lend-Lease aid from the United States, and to uncover foreign intelligence. However, Britain's wartime recycling campaign came at a cost: it consumed items that would never have been destroyed under normal circumstances, including significant parts of the nation's cultural heritage. Based on extensive archival research, Peter Thorsheim examines the relationship between armaments production, civil liberties, cultural preservation, and diplomacy, making Waste into Weapons the first in-depth history of twentieth-century recycling in Britain"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Part I. Beating Ploughshares into Swords -- Salvage in times of peace and war -- Persuasion and its limits -- Britain's darkest hour -- Private enterprise and the public good -- Part II. Alliances -- Lend-Lease -- Waste becomes a crime -- Part III. History, Culture, and Civil Liberties -- The built environment -- Wasting paper -- Requisition -- Victory and postwar. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Great Britain $x Equipment and supplies. 650 0 $a Defense industries $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Recycling (Waste, etc.) $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Salvage (Waste, etc.) $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Scrap metals $x History $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Cultural property $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Civil rights $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History, Military $y 20th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056842 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $y 1936-1945. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056716 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 20th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056944 830 0 $a Studies in environment and history. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84748923 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013947.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3F4D9158ED3011E78644BA0B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search