War, industrial mobilisation and society in Northern Ireland, 1939-1945

Ollerenshaw, Philip

Abstract

Archive-based regional studies can contribute much that is new to the economic, political and social history of the Second World War. This paper considers the process of industrial mobilisation in Northern Ireland, a politically divided region which was part of the United Kingdom but which had its own government. It examines the changing administrative framework of war production, the debate on military and industrial conscription, the role of women and the economic implications of geographical remoteness from London. The paper adds to our limited knowledge of regional mobilisation and contributes to a neglected aspect of the history of Northern Ireland. © 2007 Cambridge University Press.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2007
• Deposit Date: Jan 22, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2016
• Journal: Contemporary European History
• Print ISSN: 0960-7773
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-2171
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 169-197
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777307003773
• Keywords: War, industrial mobilisation, society, Northern Ireland, 1939-1945
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1028034
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960777307003773
• Contract Date: Nov 15, 2016