Angela Wanhalla

Of Love and War

Pacific Brides of World War II

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Of Love and War details the intimate relationships forged during wartime between women and U.S. servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781496205100
• ISBN-10: 1496205103
• Artikelnr.: 67413801

Autorenporträt

Angela Wanhalla (Ng¿i Te Ruahikihiki, Ng¿i Tahu) is a professor of history at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is the coauthor of He Reo W¿hine: M¿ori Women’s Voices from the Nineteenth Century and author of Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand, winner of the Ernest Scott Prize for best book in Australian and New Zealand history in 2014.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. War in the South Pacific
2. Pacific Home Fronts
3. Intimate Histories
4. Governing Marriage
5. Departing Pacific Shores
6. Married for the Duration
7. After They Sailed
8. Destinies
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index