The Home-Front War: World War II and American Society

Author/Contributor(s):	O'Brien, Kenneth Paul ; Parsons, Lynn Hudson
Publisher:	Praeger
Date:	07/10/1995
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

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.