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GtrsRGr8 · 06-29-2019, 10:41 PM

Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain, by Gabriel Moshenska.

Publisher: Routledge. 186 pages. Free.

Very recently published (April of this year).

Description
How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain, focusing on objects and spaces such as gas masks, air raid shelters and bombed-out buildings. In their struggles to cope with the fears and upheavals of wartime, with families divided and familiar landscapes lost or transformed, children reimagined and reshaped these material traces of conflict into toys, treasures and playgrounds. This study of the material worlds of wartime childhood offers a unique viewpoint into an extraordinary period in history with powerful resonances across global conflicts into the present day.

https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=QQaQDwAAQBAJ. May be available elsewhere.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain, by Gabriel Moshenska. Publisher: Routledge. 186 pages. Free. Very recently published (April of this year). Description How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain, focusing on objects and spaces such as gas masks, air raid shelters and bombed-out buildings. In their struggles to cope with the fears and upheavals of wartime, with families divided and familiar landscapes lost or transformed, children reimagined and reshaped these material traces of conflict into toys, treasures and playgrounds. This study of the material worlds of wartime childhood offers a unique viewpoint into an extraordinary period in history with powerful resonances across global conflicts into the present day. https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=QQaQDwAAQBAJ. May be available elsewhere.