The home-front war : World War II and American society

O'Brien, Kenneth Paul. (Added Author). Parsons, Lynn H. (Added Author).

Contents:

World War II and the Bill of Rights / Richard Polenberg
Hollywood and the politics of representation : women, workers, and African-Americans in World War II movies / Clayton R. Koppes
Creating "
common ground"
on the home front : race, class, and ethnicity in a 1940s quarterly magazine / William C. Beyer
"
My children are my jewels"
: Italian-American generations during World War II / George E. Pozzetta
Remembering Rosie : advertising images of women in World War II / Maureen Honey
Women defense workers in World War II : views on gender equality in Indiana / Nancy F. Gabin
"
The vice admiral"
: Margaret Chase Smith and the investigation of congested areas in wartime / Janann Sherman
Did the "
good war"
make good workers? / John Modell
Bad news from the good war : democracy at home during World War II / Roger Daniels.

Item details

ISBN: 9780313292118
ISBN: 0313292116
Physical Description: x, 212 p. ; 25 cm.
print
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"Prepared under the auspices of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York and the National Endowment for the Humanities".
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	World War II and the Bill of Rights / Richard Polenberg Hollywood and the politics of representation : women, workers, and African-Americans in World War II movies / Clayton R. Koppes Creating "common ground" on the home front : race, class, and ethnicity in a 1940s quarterly magazine / William C. Beyer "My children are my jewels" : Italian-American generations during World War II / George E. Pozzetta Remembering Rosie : advertising images of women in World War II / Maureen Honey Women defense workers in World War II : views on gender equality in Indiana / Nancy F. Gabin "The vice admiral" : Margaret Chase Smith and the investigation of congested areas in wartime / Janann Sherman Did the "good war" make good workers? / John Modell Bad news from the good war : democracy at home during World War II / Roger Daniels.