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Author Virden, Jenel.

Title Good-bye, Piccadilly : British war brides in America / Jenel Virden.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  D810.W7 V57 1996    Available  ---
Description xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
Contents Neglected voices -- The Second World War in Britain -- Overseas marriages -- Gaining entry to America -- From the old world to the new -- Transatlantic divorce, paternity, and incomplete immigration -- Transitions -- Conceptual assimilation.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.
War brides -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
War brides.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Women immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women immigrants.
United States.
British Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
British Americans.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Femmes -- Grande-Bretagne.
Épouses de guerre -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Immigrantes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine britannique -- Acculturation.
ISBN 025206528X (pbk. alkaline paper
0252022254 (alk. paper