The Home Front in Britain - by Janis Lomas (Paperback)

About the Book

"This collection of fourteen, academically rigorous and accessible chapters explores the British Home Front in the last 100 years since the outbreak of WW1. The wide range of case studies include war widows allowances, Landgirls, the role of factory inspectors in WW1 and canal boat women, national savings, Guernsey evacuees and clothes rationing in WW2. The meaning and images of the British home and family in times of war are interrogated in the past and in contemporary culture to challenge prevalent myths of how working and domestic and shifted in times of national conflict. This volume is intended to encourage a reappraisal of the place of the Home Front in British conceptualisations of war and conflict"--

Book Synopsis

The Home Front in Britain explores the British Home Front in the last 100 years since the outbreak of WW1. Case studies critically analyse the meaning and images of the British home and family in times war, challenging prevalent myths of how working and domestic life was shifted by national conflict.

Review Quotes

"This is a rich and potent mix of topics that both enhances our knowledge of the wars and, perhaps more significantly, suggests yet more avenues for future research. ... This book in its wide-ranging survey is certainly 'doing its bit' to challenge some of the misconceptions we hold about the two home fronts, opens up discussion on several hitherto neglected aspects and adds significantly to our knowledge." (Peter Grant, Review in History, history.ac.uk, April, 2016)

About the Author

Dr. Paula Bartley, University of Wolverhampton, UK Dr. Paul Elliott, University of Worcester, UK Thomas George, Cardiff University, Wales Dr. Barbara Hately-Broad, University of Sheffield, UK Professor Karen Hunt, Keele University, UK Dr. Hilda Kean, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Elspeth King, University of Worcester, UK Gillian Mawson, University of Manchester, UK Professor Bob Moore, University of Sheffield, UK Dr. Rosalind Watkiss Singleton, University of Wolverhampton and Ruskin College, UK Angela Clare Smith, Heritage Museums across the UK Dr. Anne Spurgeon, University of Birmingham, UK