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When the War Was Over
Contributor(s): Duchen, Claire (Editor), Bandhauer-Schoffmann, Irene (Editor)
ISBN: 0718501802     ISBN-13: 9780718501808
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $158.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2000
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Annotation: Popular images of post-war women represent them welcoming home the soldiers, but this volume asks, "What happened next?"

The contributors use a range of methodological approaches to encourage the reader to question traditional historiography, the nature of historical evidence, the process of memory, and the disparities between official discourse and personal narrative, and between written, visual, and oral accounts.

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BISAC Categories:
- History
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: 305.4
LCCN: 00021836
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 274 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Popular images of post-war women represent them welcoming home the soldiers, but this volume asks, What happened next?The contributors use a range of methodological approaches to encourage the reader to question traditional historiography, the nature of the historical evidence, the process of memory, and the disparities between official discourse and personal narrative, and between written, visual and oral accounts.