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The Labour Party'and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain (Manchester: polarization between political issues and everyday life, but rather the way ' everyday life'
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lifestyle and with urban policies that emphasised sustainable transport as a By the late 1940s when the number of bicycles in the UK reached its peak ...
In 1939 the watchers were proceeding from first principles; by 1941 they were living in the middle of a huge laboratory with field-test material on every hand
This Special examines the changes in British society and culture that emerged between 1945 and 1990 through the optic of 'everyday life'
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In the late 1940s the British people seemed preoccupied with family and children to an unprecedented degree A similar revival of family life occurred in
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Laura Carter is a historian writing about historical knowledge yet Histories of Everyday Life is not solely about historiography (although it is about that
In order to understand why the Blitz happened we must look back to the long hot summer of 1940 For Britain it had been a disastrous time In May the trapped
Britain declared war in the fall of 1939 and France surrendered in June of 1940 Only the English Channel separated England from German forces In a famous
What was life like in the 1940s in Britain?
During the six years Britain was at war, 1939–45, life was frequently hard for Londoners. Food and clothing were rationed and in short supply. Bombing caused fear, injury, death and destruction. Families were often separated due to evacuation and fathers going away to fight.What happened in Britain in 1940?
The Battle of Britain, 10 July – 31 October 1940. The Battle of Britain was fought above the skies of Britain, between the RAF and the German Luftwaffe. Had British and Allied aircrew not defeated the Luftwaffe, it is likely that Germany would have invaded Britain.What was life like in 1945 Britain?
One of the key challenges facing the UK in 1945 was the economic position of the country. The national debt had risen from ?0 million to ?00 million. Britain had spent close to ? billion, or a quarter of the national wealth, on the war effort.- Food, gas and clothing were rationed. Communities conducted scrap metal drives and planted “victory gardens.” To help build the armaments necessary to win the war, women and Blacks found employment as electricians, welders and riveters in defense plants.