Waste into weapons : recycling in Britain during the Second World War /

Waste into weapons : recycling in Britain during the Second World War /

During the Second World War, the United Kingdom faced severe shortages of essential raw materials. To keep its armaments factories running, the British government enlisted millions of people in efforts to recycle a wide range of materials for use in munitions production. Recycling not only supplied...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thorsheim, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Series:Studies in environment and history.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Equipment and supplies.
Defense industries > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Scrap metals > Recycling > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Cultural property > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > History, Military > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1936-1945.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Beating Ploughshares into Swords
  • Salvage in times of peace and war
  • Persuasion and its limits
  • Britain's darkest hour
  • Private enterprise and the public good
  • Part II. Alliances
  • Lend-Lease
  • Waste becomes a crime
  • Part III. History, Culture, and Civil Liberties
  • The built environment
  • Wasting paper
  • Requisition
  • Victory and postwar.