The Homefront
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The Homefront
Interviews with ordinary Americans describe how the United States was affected by the war.
War on the Homefront
Author: Kay Saunders
language: en
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Release Date: 1993
Study which uses the example of Queensland's wartime experiences to examine how war can divide rather than unite home front communities. During World War II, the Queensland state government increased its powers and legitimised prejudicial treatment of minorities such as visiting black soldiers, unionists and communists, and resident Japanese and German citizens. The author is a reader and associate professor in history at the University of Queensland. Her other publications include 'Race Relations in Colonial Queensland' and 'Workers in Bondage'.
On the Home Front
Author: Kate Darian-Smith
language: en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date: 2009-04-01
What really happened on the Australian home front during the Second World War? For the people of Melbourne these were years of social dislocation and increased government interference in all aspects of daily life. On the Home Front is the story of their work, leisure, relationships and their fears—for by 1942 the city was pitted with air raid trenches, and in the half-light of the brownout Melburnians awaited a Japanese invasion. As women left the home to replace men in factories and offices, the traditional roles of mothers and wives were challenged. The presence of thousands of American soldiers in Melbourne raised new questions about Australian nationalism and identity, and the 'carnival spirit' of many on the home front created anxiety about the issues of drunkenness, gambling and sexuality. Kate Darian-Smith's classic and evocative study of Melbourne in wartime draws upon the memories of men and women who lived through those turbulent years when society grappled with the tensions between a restrictive government and new opportunities for social and sexual freedoms.