Huddersfield in the Great War
When war was declared in August 1914, it not only changed the lives of the soldiers who fought, but also the lives of their families, their neighbourhood and, ultimately, the whole of society. Women came out of their homes to take up work in industry, to drive the trams, to police the streets as well as nurse the wounded. Government, local and national, imposed extensive controls on all aspects of social life - who could remain in work, who had to fight, what could be grown as crops, what clothes were appropriate and how to feed a family. This study looks at how these changes affected Huddersfield and its inhabitants, showing how employment c…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4738-4654-8
- EAN: 9781473846548
- Produktnummer: 22582219
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 22'445 KB
Über den Autor
A retired teacher with a particular interest in local and social history, Vivien has published articles in family history magazines and her previous books include: _Huddersfield Mills, Huddersfield Mill Memoirs, Huddersfield in the Great War_ and _Tracing your Textile Ancestors_. She has written two books in the 'Foul Deeds series: _Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Huddersfield_ and _Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in the West Riding_ as well as well as _Yorkshire Disasters_.
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