The Great Exodus : the evacuation of Leeds schoolchildren, 1939-1945
Boud, Roy C.
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Imprint:
Leeds : The Thoresby Society, Not dated
Notes:
This study is the first detailed account to be published of the evacuation of Leeds schoolchildren between 1939 and 1945. Drawing on previously unpublished material, including oral evidence, Dr Boud focuses on one large city to uncover the realities behind what has been described as "the biggest social upheaval" in the history of this country. The experiences of those involved in it-administrators, educationalists, parents, teachers and, of course, the evacuees themselves-are described and analysed. More particularly, the light that is shed on the relationship between the evacuees and their hosts in the rural areas of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire vividly reveals that success and failure, the comedy and pathos which characterized the entire undertaking. This book will be of especial interest to those who participated in the experience of evacuation, both in Leeds and elsewhere, as well as to teachers and children who, today, study the topic as part of their school curriculum, but it also has much to offer those who are more generally concerned with the history of this traumatic period.
Dewey class:
940.5316
Language:
English
BRN:
291922