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Which People's War? National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain 1939-1945.

Publication: Albion
Publication Date: 22-SEP-04 		Format: Online - approximately 806 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Which People's War? National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain 1939-1945.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
Sonya O. Rose. Which People's War? National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain 1939-1945. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. Pp. xiii, 328. $45.00. ISBN 0-19-925572-5.

Which People's War? contributes to our understanding of British society during the Second World War and, more generally, to the dynamic interaction between the social identities of nation, class, and gender. Instead of focusing on either social processes or ideas about society, Sonya Rose unpacks both the ideological work that went into Britishness and citizenship and relates these to the social practices and the work they did in cementing and challenging social solidarities. Her main theme is the plurality of social visions competing as well as converging in the overarching language of national unity....

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