Depictions of Postwar London in British fiction films, 1946-1958
London emerged from World War II victorious yet war-ravaged, as the Blitz of 1940-1 and 1944-5 destroyed vast swathes of the London landscape. The subsequent ruins and rubble exposed much the pre-war city and, due to a scarcity of materials, rebuilding was a slow process. Using primary sources, this...
Main Author: | Stewart, Jenny |
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Other Authors: | Chapman, James ; Gunn, Simon |
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University of Leicester
2018
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733763 |
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