Title: Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain
Description: Modern warfare is a unique cultural phenomenon. While many conflicts in
history have produced dramatic shifts in human behaviour, the industrialized
nature of modern war possesses a material and psychological intensity that
embodies the extremes of our behaviours, from the total economic mobilization
of a nation state to the unbearable pain of individual loss. Fundamentally,
war is the transformation of matter through the agency of destruction,
and the character of modern technological warfare is such that it simultaneously
creates and destroys more than any previous kind of conflict.
Subjects: History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, World war, 1939-1945, children, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british, World war, 1939-1945, social aspects, Material culture, Children, great britain, War and society, Great britain, social life and customs, World War, 1939-1945, Children, British Personal narratives, Social life and customs, HISTORY, General, Military, World War II, Manners and customs, Social aspects