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

Thorsheim, Peter, author

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\"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 British munitions factories with much-needed raw materials--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 to uncover foreign intelligence. However, Britain's wartime recycling campaign came at a cost: it consumed 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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: 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.
• ISBN: 9781107492097, 9781107099357

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