Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Part One The School of War
5. 1 Orwell v. Richards: Children’s Fiction to 1940 4
6. 2 Rations and Quislings 81
7. 3 Evacuees and Gurus 129
8. 4 Women and Fathers 183
9. 5 Officials and Genteel-men 231
10. Part Two Lessons which May have been Learned
11. 6 God’s Things and Others’ 291
12. 7 Identity, Authority and Imagination 355
13. 8 Gender 417
14. 9 Class 463
15. 10 Race 545
16. Epilogue 611
17. Sources, Guides and Regrets 683
18. Acknowledgements 705
19. Index 707