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The Black Market Wore an Apron
The post-war black market was not confined to sharp-suited spivs, smoky pubs and railway yards. Much of it operated quietly inside Britain’s homes, where women struggled to feed and clothe... Read more...
Europe Under the Counter
Europe Under the Counter: Smugglers, Survivors and Shadow Economies in Occupied Europe is the second book in Robin Wickens’s wartime black-market series. Across occupied Europe, rationing, requisitioning and military control... Read more...