Waste Into Weapons: Recycling in Britain During the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9781107492097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 306 str.

Peter Thorsheim

Opis

Waste into Weapons is the first in-depth history of twentieth-century recycling in Britain.

Recenzje

'Waste into Weapons is a very good book that will appeal to scholars and general audiences interested in military history, environmental history, waste management, material culture, and heritage conservation.' Alex Souchen, Canadian Military History

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Beating Ploughshares into Swords: 1. Salvage in times of peace and war; 2. Persuasion and its limits; 3. Britain's darkest hour; 4. Private enterprise and the public good; Part II. Alliances: 5. Lend-Lease; 6. Waste becomes a crime; Part III. History, Culture, and Civil Liberties: 7. The built environment; 8. Wasting paper; 9. Requisition; 10. Victory and postwar; Conclusion.