Men at work : the working man in British culture, 1939-1945 / Linsey Robb.

By: Robb, Linsey, 1986- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Genders and sexualities in historyPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Description: 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137527479 (e-book)Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain | Men -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Work -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Men -- Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century | Men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Men at work : the working man in British culture, 1939-1945.DDC classification: 305.38/23094109044 LOC classification: D759 | .R63 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Scope and content: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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