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Commemorating Invisible Men: Reserved Occupations in Bronze and Stone

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Commemorating Invisible Men: Reserved Occupations in Bronze and Stone. / Peniston-Bird, Corinna.
Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War. ed. / Linsey Robb; Juliette Pattinson. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. p. 189-214.

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Peniston-Bird, C 2018, Commemorating Invisible Men: Reserved Occupations in Bronze and Stone. in L Robb & J Pattinson (eds), Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 189-214. <https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781349952892>

APA

Peniston-Bird, C. (2018). Commemorating Invisible Men: Reserved Occupations in Bronze and Stone. In L. Robb, & J. Pattinson (Eds.), Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War (pp. 189-214). Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781349952892

Vancouver

Peniston-Bird C. Commemorating Invisible Men: Reserved Occupations in Bronze and Stone. In Robb L, Pattinson J, editors, Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. p. 189-214

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Peniston-Bird, Corinna. / Commemorating Invisible Men : Reserved Occupations in Bronze and Stone. Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War. editor / Linsey Robb ; Juliette Pattinson. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. pp. 189-214

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