Contesting Home Defence

Name: Contesting Home Defence
SKU: 3694429
Price: 338.00 NZD
Availability: InStock

Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War

By:

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Cultural History of Modern War

Show Hide Adult Content

$338.00

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $84.50 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $56.33 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 24 Jun - 4 Jul using International Courier

Description

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard’s reputation and explores whether this ‘people’s army’ was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad’s Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War. -- .

Author Biography:

Penny Summerfield is Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester. Corinna Peniston-Bird is Lecturer in History at the University of Lancaster -- .

Release date NZ

March 31st, 2007

Author

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Illustrations, black & white|Tables

Pages

328

Series

Cultural History of Modern War

Dimensions

138x216x30

ISBN-13

9780719062018

Product ID

3694429

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here