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Good-bye, Piccadilly : British war brides in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Virden, Jenel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996]
Series:Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Great Britain.
War brides > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
British Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Table of 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.