British Society, 1939-1951 - Subject Essays
Peter Ciuffetti
Editorial Board members have written essays that contextualize the primary source material and highlight key themes, topics, and events discussed within British Society, 1939-1951. Facing Armageddon: British society and civil defense, 1939-1945, Brett Holman; The Evolution of the Ministry of Information and Home Front propaganda, 1939–42, David Clampin; They also serve: British women and the Second World War, Juliette Pattinson; "Careless Talk": reading Britain's Home Front fiction, Karen Schaller
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UEA: University of East Anglia · 1 January 2018 English
When my students read the story “Careless Talk,” they often see the discussion of food as a sort of deceptively innocuous backdrop for the more serious matters in the story …