Women, social leadership, and the Second World War : continuities of class

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Label

Women, social leadership, and the Second World War : continuities of class

Title remainder

continuities of class

Statement of responsibility

James Hinton

Creator

• Hinton, James

Subject

• Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Voluntarism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain) -- History
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain
• Class consciousness -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

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

Dewey number

941.084082

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized