ISBN:
9780191054600
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (330 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.80094109/044
Keywords:
World War, 1939-1945-Social aspects-Great Britain
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Great Britain-Emigration and immigration-History-20th century
;
Great Britain-Ethnic relations-History-20th century
;
Great Britain-History-George VI, 1936-1952
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Electronic books
Abstract:
During World War Two, people arrived in Britain from all over the world as troops, war-workers, nurses, refugees, exiles, and prisoners-of-war. Mixing It tells the extraordinary tales of their contributions to the British war effort, and uncovers the forgotten history of the role WWII played in the making of multiethnic Britain.
Abstract:
Cover -- MIXING IT: diversity in World War Two Britain -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: 'The Big Proposition' -- Movements to Britain -- Transnational Mixing -- Tolerant Britain? -- Individual Stories -- A Note on Sources -- 1: 1940 -- Journeys to Britain -- Fifth Columnists and Spies -- Refugees Arrive -- Troops Arrive -- 'Allies' War' -- Change of Climate -- 2: Enemies and Neutrals -- Enemy Nationals in the British Army and as Prisoners of War -- Irish Volunteers and War-workers -- Enemy Nationals in the British Media -- Identities -- Family Loyalties -- 3: The Empire Comes to Britain -- The British Empire at the BBC -- Creating a Good Impression: the People's Empire -- Colour Bars in Britain -- Friendships and Frictions -- 4: Allies -- Fighting Men -- Multinational Communities of Allies -- Allies in the Media -- 5: Language, Speech, and Sound -- Learning English -- German and Other Continental European Sound -- Language, Sound, and the 'Allies' War' -- Sounding Civilized -- 6: Sexual Patriotism -- 'Our Men' and 'Our Sweethearts' -- 'Friendly, but Brief ' -- The British Way? -- When the War Was Over -- 7: Aftermath -- Post-war Immigration Policy -- Staying On -- Change of Climate -- 'Allies' War' Ends -- Remembering and Forgetting -- Notes -- introduction -- Chapter I: 1940 -- Chapter 2: Enemies and Neutrals -- Chapter 3: The Empire Comes to Britain -- Chapter 4: Allies -- Chapter 5: Language, Speech, and Sound -- Chapter 6: Sexual Patriotism -- Chapter 7: Aftermath -- Select Bibliography -- Unpublished Pimary Sources -- Interviews -- Printed Media: Newspapers and Magazines -- Visual Media: Newsreels -- Visual Media: Films and Television Programmes -- Autobiography, Biography and Diaries -- Books and Articles -- Index.
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