The Home-Front War: World War II and American Society (Contributions in American History) [Hardcover]

Kenneth Paul O'Brien (Editor), Lynn Hudson Parsons (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0313292116 | ISBN-13: 978-0313292118

This book is a collection of nine essays examining the impact of World War II on the American people. The contributions range from "macro" studies (the ways corporations sought to recruit women into the work force) to "micro" studies (the impact of the war on working conditions in Indiana) to biography (the Congressional career of Margaret Chase Smith). Focusing as it does on the domestic scene, this study offers a comprehensive selection of the impact of the war on Americans, and the way it influenced concepts of gender, race, class, and ethnicity.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and sponsored by the State University of New York, "Lest We Forget" was a project consisting of lectures, films, academic symposia, and an exhibit on America's home front during World War II. An outgrowth of that project, this book offers what the editors considered the most "compelling" symposia papers. It is an excellent collection. The nine contributions by World War II scholars focus on a wide range of home-front concerns, including working women, racial issues, democracy, domestic experience, Hollywood, and opportunities for a middle-class lifestyle. A bibliography follows each contributor's chapter, and, at the end, a comprehensive bibliography identifies more than 500 items written in the past ten years on various aspects of the subject. The currency of this work makes it an excellent source for scholars. A splendid choice for libraries where there is an interest in World War II.?Dorothy Lilly, Grosse Pointe North H.S. Lib., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
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“...an excellent collection. The nine contributors by World War II scholars focus on a wide range of home-front concerns, including working women, racial issues, democracy, domestic experience, Hollywood, and opportunities for a middle-class lifestyle. A bibliography follows each contributor's chapter, and, at the end, a comprehensive bibliography identifies more than 500 items written in the past ten years on various aspects of the subject. The currency of this work makes it an excellent source for scholars. A splendid choice for libraries where there is an interest in World War II.”–Library Journal

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (July 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313292116
• ISBN-13: 978-0313292118
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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