Women, social leadership, and the Second World War
Subtitle: continuities of class
By: James Hinton.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain); World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.; Social classes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Description: Questioning the view that World War II served to democratize English society, James Hinton shows how the war enabled middle-class social leaders to reinforce their claims to authority.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-262) and index.