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  • Imagining Home

    Gender, Race and National Identity, 1945-1964

    de Wendy Webster ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Imagining Home: Gender, Race and National Identity, 1945-1964 is a powerful examination of ideas and images of home in Britain during a period of national decline and loss of imperial power. Exploring the legacy of empire in imaginings of the nation during a period of decolonization after 1945, it is has become one of the outstanding books about the relationship between gender, race and national ... Leer más

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  • Imagining Home

    Gender, Race And National Identity, 1945-1964

    de Wendy Webster ...
    Series series Women's and Gender History
    Imagining Home offers a unique examination of ideas and images of home in Britain during a period of national decline and loss of imperial power. In exploring the relationship between gender, 'race' and national identity, it higlights the continuing importance of empire in imaginings of the nation during a period of decolonization. Analyzing the significance of colonialism and racism in shaping ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Mixing It

    Diversity in World War Two Britain

    de Wendy Webster ...
    During the Second World War, people arrived in Britain from all over the world as troops, war-workers, nurses, refugees, exiles, and prisoners-of-war-chiefly from Europe, America, and the British Empire. Between 1939 and 1945, the population in Britain became more diverse than it had ever been before. Through diaries, letters, and interviews, Mixing It tells of ordinary lives pushed to ... Leer más

    $16.19 USD

  • Gendering Migration

    Masculinity, Femininity and Ethnicity in Post-War Britain

    de Wendy Webster ...
    Series series Studies in Migration and Diaspora
    Gendering Migration demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Through a consideration of the impact of migration on men and masculine identities as well as women and feminine identities, it extends our understanding of questions of gender and migration, focusing on the history of ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Englishness and Empire 1939-1965

    de Wendy Webster ...
    Did loss of imperial power and the end of empire have any significant impact on British culture and identity after 1945? Within a burgeoning literature on national identity and what it means to be British this is a question that has received surprisingly little attention. Englishness and Empire makes an important and original contribution to recent debates about the domestic consequences of the ... Leer más

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    Mixing It

    Diversity in World War Two Britain

    de Wendy Webster ...
    Narrado por Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Completo

    12 hora 34 minutos

    During the Second World War, people arrived in Britain from all over the world as troops, war-workers, nurses, refugees, exiles, and prisoners-of-war chiefly from Europe, America, and the British Empire. Between 1939 and 1945, the population in Britain became more diverse than it had ever been before.Through diaries, letters, and interviews, Mixing It tells of ordinary lives pushed to ... Leer más

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  • The Myth of Meritocracy

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