Mark J. Crowley is an Associate Professor at the David Eccles Business School, University of Utah. Sandra Trudgen Dawson is the Executive Administrator of the Berkshire Conference of Women's History.

One of the real strengths of this collection . . . is the fine-grained detail and personal stories that enrich the individual contributions. Overall, this is a well-executed collective effort, with detailed references and a comprehensive bibliography that will further enhance its utility.

• Introduction: Home Fronts and the Empire at War - and British Restaurants and the Gender Politics of the Wartime Midday Meal - Nadja DurbachA Nutritional Economy: The Calorie, Development, and War in Mandate Palestine - Sherene SeikalyRubber Shortages on Britain's Home Front - Nation-Building and Nationalism in Bengali Children's Literature during the 1940s and 1950s - Nupur Chaudhuri'Young blood' and 'the blackout': Love, Sex and Marriage on the South African Home Front - Jean SmithCeylon's Home Front during the Second World War - Ashley JacksonNyanza at War: Kenya and the Mobilisation of Britain's Colonial Empire - Andrew Stewart'Fighting In Their Ways'? The Civilian Man in British Culture, 1939-1945 - Linsey Robb'The Royal Mail will always get through' - Maintaining Communications on the Home and Military Front during the Second World War - 'National Necessity' and 'Patriotic Duty': Railway Publicity in World War II India - Ritika PrasadRemoving Danger from the Home Front in Australia - Christine WinterBombs and Recycling Drives: The Double Threat to Books and Documents in Wartime Britain - Peter ThorsheimSelect Bibliography

Mark J. Crowley is an Associate Professor at the David Eccles Business School, University of Utah. Sandra Trudgen Dawson is the Executive Administrator of the Berkshire Conference of Women's History.

One of the real strengths of this collection . . . is the fine-grained detail and personal stories that enrich the individual contributions. Overall, this is a well-executed collective effort, with detailed references and a comprehensive bibliography that will further enhance its utility.

• Introduction: Home Fronts and the Empire at War - and British Restaurants and the Gender Politics of the Wartime Midday Meal - Nadja DurbachA Nutritional Economy: The Calorie, Development, and War in Mandate Palestine - Sherene SeikalyRubber Shortages on Britain's Home Front - Nation-Building and Nationalism in Bengali Children's Literature during the 1940s and 1950s - Nupur Chaudhuri'Young blood' and 'the blackout': Love, Sex and Marriage on the South African Home Front - Jean SmithCeylon's Home Front during the Second World War - Ashley JacksonNyanza at War: Kenya and the Mobilisation of Britain's Colonial Empire - Andrew Stewart'Fighting In Their Ways'? The Civilian Man in British Culture, 1939-1945 - Linsey Robb'The Royal Mail will always get through' - Maintaining Communications on the Home and Military Front during the Second World War - 'National Necessity' and 'Patriotic Duty': Railway Publicity in World War II India - Ritika PrasadRemoving Danger from the Home Front in Australia - Christine WinterBombs and Recycling Drives: The Double Threat to Books and Documents in Wartime Britain - Peter ThorsheimSelect Bibliography

Mark J. Crowley is an Associate Professor at the David Eccles Business School, University of Utah. Sandra Trudgen Dawson is the Executive Administrator of the Berkshire Conference of Women's History.

One of the real strengths of this collection . . . is the fine-grained detail and personal stories that enrich the individual contributions. Overall, this is a well-executed collective effort, with detailed references and a comprehensive bibliography that will further enhance its utility.

• Introduction: Home Fronts and the Empire at War - and British Restaurants and the Gender Politics of the Wartime Midday Meal - Nadja DurbachA Nutritional Economy: The Calorie, Development, and War in Mandate Palestine - Sherene SeikalyRubber Shortages on Britain's Home Front - Nation-Building and Nationalism in Bengali Children's Literature during the 1940s and 1950s - Nupur Chaudhuri'Young blood' and 'the blackout': Love, Sex and Marriage on the South African Home Front - Jean SmithCeylon's Home Front during the Second World War - Ashley JacksonNyanza at War: Kenya and the Mobilisation of Britain's Colonial Empire - Andrew Stewart'Fighting In Their Ways'? The Civilian Man in British Culture, 1939-1945 - Linsey Robb'The Royal Mail will always get through' - Maintaining Communications on the Home and Military Front during the Second World War - 'National Necessity' and 'Patriotic Duty': Railway Publicity in World War II India - Ritika PrasadRemoving Danger from the Home Front in Australia - Christine WinterBombs and Recycling Drives: The Double Threat to Books and Documents in Wartime Britain - Peter ThorsheimSelect Bibliography