Air Raids & Ration Books: Life on the Home Front in Wartime Britain

by Mike Brown, Carol Harris

Contrary to the Hollywood-style romanticism of popular novels and films, the Second World War was more than courage on the battlefield, plucky defiance and doomed love affairs. Family and civilian life had to go on. In the midst of black-outs, road-blocks and austerity, households had to feed and clothe themselves, to travel, to decorate and furnish their homes. In this meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated account, Mike Brown and Carol Harris draw on contemporary sources including government advice, periodicals and books to provide an authoritative, entertaining account of life in the time of air-raid sirens and rationing.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on Goodreads.
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This is the author of wartime histories of Britain.


The author of How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming Is here

Reviews

[Angela Incigneri]

A most comprehensive study of rationing in war time. The true horror of food rationing was brought home vividly only by using the regulations at the time. No adjectives- reality was awful enough. However, as I read through the book it was apparent that each page was printed on a different colour paper and I found it most difficult.

[Lori Rader-Day]

Research book. I loved this one, lots of useful visuals.

[Nikki Bywater]

Life on the Home Front in Wartime Britain

A colourful and very knowledgeable book that is packed full of well researched and interesting information all about what life was like for normal families during the war. Topics covered are Air Raids, Gasmasks, The Black out, Food Rationing and Ration books, Food Clothing and much, much more. The authors of this book Mike Brown and Carol Harris leave no stone unturned as this book really does cover each topic very thoroughly and I learnt so much from reading this book.

We learn about handy hints given to the public from magazines and the government also money saving tips about how normal life was affected by War. The book includes some wonderful illustrations, posters and photos that make this book an amazing educational read that I really enjoyed one of the best social history books I have ever read.