Air raids and ration books : life on the Home Front in wartime Britain
Brown, Mike201011UU
Books, Manuscripts
Wartime civilian life had to go on despite black-outs, road-blocks and austerity, households had to feed & clothe themselves, to travel, and furnish their homes. In this lavishly illustrated account, contemporary sources provide an authoritative, entertaining account of life in the time of air-raid sirens and rationing.
Main title:
Air raids and ration books : life on the Home Front in wartime Britain / Mike Brown and Carol Harris.
Author:
Imprint:
Kent : Sabrestorm Publishing, 2010.
Collation:
216 p. : col., ill., heavilystrated with& monochrome throughout ; 26x20x2 cm.
Notes:
Hardback.
Biography/History:
Mike Brown is an authority on the Home Front during the Second World War and is author of several books, including The 1940s Look, The 1950s Look, and is co-author of Digging for Victory. Carol Harris is a journalist who specialises in the history of fashion in the 1930s and 1940s. She is the author of 'Collecting Fashion' and, 'Women at War: The Home Front', co-author of The Ration Book Diet, and has also contributed to exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum.
ISBN:
9780955272363 (hbk)095527236X (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.084
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2415594