Women, social leadership, and the Second World War [electronic resource] : continuities of class / James Hinton.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002Description: 1 online resource (ix, 267 p.).ISBN: 9780191714054 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain) -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Great Britain | Voluntarism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Class consciousness -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199243297DDC classification: 941.084082 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Questioning the view that World War II served to democratize English society, James Hinton shows how the war enabled middle-class social leaders to reinforce their claims to authority.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Questioning the view that World War II served to democratize English society, James Hinton shows how the war enabled middle-class social leaders to reinforce their claims to authority.
Description based on print version record.