Family life and “Normality” in postwar British culture

Life After Death: Approaches to a Cultural and Social History of Europe During The 1940s and 1950s

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 193-210

  Thane, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926111643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139052344.009     Document Type: Chapter

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