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Good-bye, Piccadilly: BRITISH WAR BRIDES IN AMERICA
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Description for Good-bye, Piccadilly: BRITISH WAR BRIDES IN AMERICA
Paperback. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 320.
As much of the world tried to return to normal living and working patterns after World War II, some 70,000 British women chose to be uprooted from the homeland they knew and loved. These were British war brides, a uniformly young group who by marrying American servicemen became part of the largest single group of female immigrants to the United States.
Though the women came to the U.S. from all parts of the British Isles, they were an unusually homogeneous group, averaging 23 years of age, from working- or lower-middle-class families and having completed mandatory schooling to ... Read more
As much of the world tried to return to normal living and working patterns after World War II, some 70,000 British women chose to be uprooted from the homeland they knew and loved. These were British war brides, a uniformly young group who by marrying American servicemen became part of the largest single group of female immigrants to the United States.
Though the women came to the U.S. from all parts of the British Isles, they were an unusually homogeneous group, averaging 23 years of age, from working- or lower-middle-class families and having completed mandatory schooling to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065286
SKU
V9780252065286
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Reviews for Good-bye, Piccadilly: BRITISH WAR BRIDES IN AMERICA
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 1997.