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BL
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838968
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Thorsheim, Peter
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| Title & Author
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Waste into weapons : : recycling in Britain during the Second World War /\ Peter Thorsheim.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 2016.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in environment and history
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xiii, 289 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1107099358
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: 1107492092
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: 9781107099357
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: 9781107492097
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"During the Second World War, the United Kingdom faced severe shortages of many 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 British munitions factories with much-needed raw materials but it also played a key role in the efforts of the British government to maintain the morale of its citizens, to secure billions of dollars in Lend-Lease aid from the United States, and even to uncover foreign intelligence. However, Britain's wartime recycling campaign came at a cost: it consumed many items that would never have been destroyed under normal circumstances, including significant parts of the nation's cultural heritage. Based on extensive archival research, Peter Thorsheim examines the relationship between armaments production, civil liberties, cultural preservation, and diplomacy, making Waste into Weapons the first in-depth history of twentieth-century recycling in Britain"--
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Civil rights-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Cultural property-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Defense industries-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Recycling (Waste, etc.)-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Salvage (Waste, etc.)-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Scrap metals-- Recycling-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Great Britain-- Equipment and supplies.
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Civil rights.
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Cultural property.
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Defense industries.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Equipment and supplies.
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Kulturgut
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Recycling (Waste, etc.)
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Recycling
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Rohstoffbedarf
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Rüstungsindustrie
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Salvage (Waste, etc.)
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Schrott
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Scrap metals.
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Social conditions.
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Waffenproduktion
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Weltkrieg
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Weltkrieg
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Great Britain, Foreign relations, 1936-1945.
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Great Britain, History, Military, 20th century.
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Great Britain, Social conditions, 20th century.
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Grande-Bretagne.
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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| Dewey Classification
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363.72/82094109044
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| LC Classification
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D759.T47 2016
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