Peter Thorsheim

Waste Into Weapons

Recycling in Britain During the Second World War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Waste into Weapons is the first in-depth history of twentieth-century recycling in Britain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 301
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781107099357
• ISBN-10: 1107099358
• Artikelnr.: 42767599

Autorenporträt

Peter Thorsheim is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Beating Ploughshares into Swords: 1. Salvage in times of peace and war
2. Persuasion and its limits
3. Britain's darkest hour
4. Private enterprise and the public good
Part II. Alliances: 5. Lend-Lease
6. Waste becomes a crime
Part III. History, Culture, and Civil Liberties: 7. The built environment
8. Wasting paper
9. Requisition
10. Victory and postwar
Conclusion.