WOMEN, SOCIAL LEADERSHIP, AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR: CONTINUITIES OF CLASS
Written by James Hinton
Published by Oxford University Press
in 2002
ISBN: 0199243298
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- SOCIAL HISTORY
WOMEN, SOCIAL LEADERSHIP, AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR: CONTINUITIES OF CLASS
Written by James Hinton.
Stock no. 1827464
1st.
2002.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The author questions the view that the Second World War served to democratize English society and shows how the war enabled middle-class social leaders to reinforce their claims to authority. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0199243298. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- PART I
- 2. Lady Reading and Women's Voluntary Services
- 3. Colonizing the Urban Public Sphere
- 4. Integrating the Working Class
- 5. Discipline and Charm
- 6. Coalfield
- 7. Rural England
- PART II
- 8. Uncertain Future
- 9. Our Towns
- 10. Home Helps
- 11. Women's Voluntary Services and the Voluntary Sector
- 12. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index