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Identities in Twentieth-Century Britain - The Right to Belong: Citizenship and National Identity in Britain, 1930–1960. Edited by Richard Weight and Abigail Beach. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998. Pp. x+277. $39.50. - War and the British: Gender and National Identity, 1939–1991. By Lucy Noakes. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998. Pp. vi+218. $59.50. - Youth in Britain since 1945. By Bill Osgerby. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. Pp. xiii+256. $24.95.

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The Right to Belong: Citizenship and National Identity in Britain, 1930–1960. Edited by Richard Weight and Abigail Beach. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998. Pp. x+277. $39.50.
War and the British: Gender and National Identity, 1939–1991. By Lucy Noakes. London: I. B. Tauris, 1998. Pp. vi+218. $59.50.
Youth in Britain since 1945. By Bill Osgerby. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. Pp. xiii+256. $24.95.

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Journal of British Studies , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 151 - 158
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