Angus Calder

Broschiertes Buch

The People's War

Britain 1939-1945

Beschreibung

The Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'. In this title, the author presents not only the great events and leading figures but also the oddities and banalities of daily life on the Home Front, and in particular the parts played by ordinary people: air raid wardens and Home Guards, factory workers and farmers, housewives and pacifists.

Autor

Angus Calder was an academic, writer, historian, educator and literary editor, and Reader in Cultural Studies and Staff Tutor in Arts with the Open University in Scotland. He read English at Cambridge and received his D. Phil from the School of Social Studies at the University of Sussex. He was Convener of the Scottish Poetry Library when it was founded in 1984. In 1970 he won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize for his seminal work, The People's War. His other books include Revolutionary Empire and The Myth of the Blitz. He died in 2008.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 154mm x 57mm
• Gewicht: 814g
• ISBN-13: 9780712652841
• ISBN-10: 0712652841
• Artikelnr.: 21706870