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ADIE**, KATE: : Fighting On The Home Front. The Legacy Of Women In World War One

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2014.

ISBN 9781444759693.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Originally,first published in 8vo HB+ dw/dj, UK,Hodder & Stoughton,2013,this the 1st UK,12mo p/back edn/issue,2014.Complete number line 1.] NMINT.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten black ink inscrptn: 'With best wishes Kate Adie' to title page.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,matt,b/w contemporary photographic illustrated front card cover,with glossy,capitalised red out-lined black letters and glossy capitalised red letters and other black+red lettering to front,similarly lettered spine/backstrip - no reading creases present, rear cover with black lettered preamble and critics' brown lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, other than my own collation. UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-328pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp90/1 and pp234/5 respectively,a bibliography,acknowledgements,picture acknowledgements,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,contents list/table,an Index separator page and as last page,publisher's info on website platforms. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's and nature, i.e. a paperback item,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. In l914 the world changed forever.When World War I broke out and a generation of men went off to fight,bestselling author Kate Adie,now shows how women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives.Now a visible force in public life,they began to take up essential roles - from transport to policing,munitions to sport,entertainment, and even politics.They had finally become citizens,a recognized part of the war machine,acquiring their own rights and often an independent income. Former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie charts the seismic move towards equal rights with men that began a century ago and asks what these women achieved for future generations.This is history at its best - a vivid,compelling account of the pioneering women who helped win the war as well as a revealing assessment of their legacy for women's lives today. In Britain during WW1 some 2 million women were needed to replace men's workplaces other than in limited jobs in factories. There was a sudden demand for work on the land,in trasnsport,in hospitals,and more significantly,in industry and engineering building ships and labour such as loading and unloading coal. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn.
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