Author: Walter William WilcoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The farmer in the Second World War
Author: Walter William WilcoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Farmer in the Second World War, by Walter W. Wilcox,... [Foreword by Oscar C. Stine.].
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Author: Walter William WilcoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Farmer In The Second World War
Author: Walter W.. WilcoxPublisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Farming, Fighting and Family
Author: Miranda McCormickPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750965649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Wiltshire farmer/author/broadcaster Arthur (A.G.) Street was one of the leading voices of British agriculture during WW2. His daughter Pamela – herself an aspiring writer - was eighteen when war broke out. Her contributions to the war effort included working on her father’s farm, nursing in the local military hospital, and serving in the ATS. Her future husband, David McCormick, served with the 4th RHA in North Africa. Captured in December 1941, he endured the remainder of the war in prison camps in Italy and Germany.Miranda McCormick has skilfully woven together her forebears’ very differing wartime experiences. Of specific interest to social, military and agricultural historians, for the general reader this is also an intensely human – at times heart-rending – story of love, duty, separation, temptation, guilt and eventual reunion. Pamela fell in love with an American pilot – but she remained true to David. The strain was so much that she was invalided out of the ATS.
The Front Line of Freedom
Author: Brian ShortPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book, drawing together the work of 15 scholars, is the first attempt to discover what really happened during the war in British agriculture. It shows just how closely directed agriculture and individual farmers were in wartime, and the determination with which uncooperative or 'failing' farmers might be dispossessed. It describes the tensions between agriculture and the military, showing how the ploughing up campaign added land to the national farm but just at the time when the military were taking it for airfields and training grounds. This revelatory book challenges received wisdom about farming in wartime. It is essential reading for all interested in the evolution of twentieth-century farming and in the historical origins of farming's present predicament.
The Second World War
Author: Alan FarmerPublisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 9780340884935
Category : World War II, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Teach Yourself History series offers an alternative to academic historical books, its content being extensive yet extremely accessible and the approach refreshingly different. The books are informative and compelling, and engage the reader from beginning to end. They assume no prior historical knowledge, and are full of anecdotes and details that provide a very personal appeal. Teach Yourself The Second World War is an accessible introduction to one of the most important, tragic and costly events in history. Some 55 million people died in the conflict, which devastated much of Europe and Asia and had huge consequences for the second half of the 20th century. This book will help you to understand how one of the most important events in history developed, charting the main military campaigns, and examining the path to Allied victory and its impact on the countries involved. Learn about the main characters involved in the Second World War, the actions and decisions that were taken, the resulting consequences and the reasons behind the final outcome.
Mexican Labor & World War II
Author: Erasmo GamboaPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295978499
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A study of the bracero program during World War II. It describes the labor history of Mexican and Chicano workers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It analyses the ways in which Braceros were active agents of their own lives. It also describes the living and working conditions in migrant farm camps.
Teach Yourself The Second World War
Author: Alan FarmerPublisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780071444224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The most destructive conflict in history, the Second World War devastated Europe and much of Asia, resulting in up to 55 million deaths. Teach Yourself The Second World War offers you a strong foundation in this fascinating subject by charting the military campaigns, introducing major figures, and explaining the war's far-reaching impact. The Teach Yourself History series present all the facts and dates in a dynamic format that enables you to experience and understand the great historic events that shaped, and continue to influence, our world.
How to Make a Vegetable Garden
Author: Edith Loring FullertonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetable gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Cultivating Victory
Author: Cecilia Gowdy-WygantPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822944251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A compelling study of the sea change brought about in politics, society, and gender roles during World Wars I and II by campaigns to recruit Women's Land Armies in Great Britain and the United States to cultivate victory gardens. Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant compares and contrasts the outcomes of war in both nations as seen through women's ties to labor, agriculture, the home, and the environment. She sheds new light on the cultural legacies left by the Women's Land Armies and their major role in shaping national and personal identities.