Britain in the Second World War
Subtitle: a social history
By: Harold L. Smith.
Series: Documents in contemporary history
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Description: Was the Second World War a great turning-point in British social history? This concise, readable volume provides original documents from the war years which will help the reader evaluate claims that the war introduced a new sense of social solidarity and social idealism which led to a consensus on welfare state reform.

It provides important evidence and employment policy, race relations and anti-semitism, women, health and the family, in addition to examining the blitz, evacuation and the making of social policy. Special attention is paid to the internal debate within the Conservative Party on the Beveridge Report and the proposed national health service. Many of the documents are drawn from the Public Record office and have not previously been published.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.