Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain /
Moshenska, Gabriel,
Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain / Gabriel Moshenska. - 1 online resource. - Material culture and modern conflict .
Gas masks -- Collecting shrapnel -- Air raid shelters -- Bombsites -- Aircraft down to earth.
"How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain, focusing on objects and spaces such as gas masks, air raid shelters and bombed-out buildings. In their struggles to cope with the fears and upheavals of wartime, with families divided and familiar landscapes lost or transformed, children reimagined and reshaped these material traces of conflict into toys, treasures and playgrounds. This study of the material worlds of wartime childhood offers a unique viewpoint into an extraordinary period in history with powerful resonances across global conflicts into the present day"--
9781351345514 1351345516 9781351345491 1351345494 9781351345507 1351345508 9781315122946 1315122944
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Material culture--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Children--Social life and customs--Great Britain--20th century.
War and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
D810.C4
940.53/41083
Material cultures of childhood in Second World War Britain / Gabriel Moshenska. - 1 online resource. - Material culture and modern conflict .
Gas masks -- Collecting shrapnel -- Air raid shelters -- Bombsites -- Aircraft down to earth.
"How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain, focusing on objects and spaces such as gas masks, air raid shelters and bombed-out buildings. In their struggles to cope with the fears and upheavals of wartime, with families divided and familiar landscapes lost or transformed, children reimagined and reshaped these material traces of conflict into toys, treasures and playgrounds. This study of the material worlds of wartime childhood offers a unique viewpoint into an extraordinary period in history with powerful resonances across global conflicts into the present day"--
9781351345514 1351345516 9781351345491 1351345494 9781351345507 1351345508 9781315122946 1315122944
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Material culture--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Children--Social life and customs--Great Britain--20th century.
War and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
D810.C4
940.53/41083