{"product_id":"creating-the-peoples-war-jessica-hammett-9781526162410","title":"Creating the People's War: Civil Defence Communities in Second World War Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy has the 'people's war' been such a durable and attractive myth? Creating the people's war examines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following decades to answer this question. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCivil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War, involving millions of men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book shows how local communities of civil defence personnel co-developed narratives about the value of their work which challenged hierarchies of war service. In their social groups volunteers wrote themselves into the 'people's war' and invested it with meaning, creating national identity from the bottom up. Community was both central to these representations and vital for their production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Hammett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526162415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526162410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Jessica Hammett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068469014783,"sku":"9781526162410","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c8fbe01-ce85-4346-96ad-b3c178ff70a8.jpg?v=1685419179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-the-peoples-war-jessica-hammett-9781526162410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}