Clare Gibson

Army Childhood

British Army Children's Lives and Times

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An army childhood is a peripatetic childhood. Beginning with the establishment of Britain's standing army, Clare Gibson sheds light on such crucial aspects of the army-child experience as the places that they have called home and how they have been transported, housed, educated and entertained while in the army's care. This informative and evocatively illustrated book will appeal to those interested in British military history's social side, and to those seeking to understand what life was like for an erstwhile army-child ancestor. It is also essential reading for those who were once themselves 'barrack rats', 'pads brats' or 'army brats', fo… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78200-110-2
EAN: 9781782001102
Produktnummer: 14010235
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 56 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 11'917 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 40 b/w; 30 col

Über den Autor

Clare Gibson studied modern and medieval history at King's College, London and works as a writer, translator and editor. She specialises in symbolism, art history and genealogy. She has previously written four other books on signs, symbols and icons.