Protecting the Home Front
Title | Protecting the Home Front PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Scheibach |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2017-11-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1476672121 |
Formed in 1951, the Federal Civil Defense Administration said that "the importance of women in civil defense can scarcely be overstated." Comprising 70 percent or more of civil defense workers at the height of the Cold War, American women served as FCDA wardens, auxiliary police, nurses, home preparedness advisors, coordinators of mass feeding drills, rescue and emergency management personnel, and in various local, state, regional and national organizations. The author examines the diverse roles they filled to promote homeland protection and preparedness at a time when atomic war was an imminent threat.
All Quiet on the Home Front
Title | All Quiet on the Home Front PDF eBook |
Author | Richard van Emden |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2017-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1473891965 |
A “fascinating” look at hardship, heroism, and civilian life in England during the Great War (World War One Illustrated). The truth about the sacrifice and suffering among British civilians during World War I is rarely discussed. In this book, people who were there speak about experiences and events that have remained buried for decades. Their testimony shows the same candor and courage we have become accustomed to hearing from military veterans of this war. Those interviewed include a survivor of a Zeppelin raid in 1915; a Welsh munitions worker recruited as a girl; and a woman rescued from a bombed school after five days. There are also accounts of rural famine, bereavement, and the effects on families back home—and even the story of a woman who planned to kill her family to save them further suffering.
V for Victory
Title | V for Victory PDF eBook |
Author | Stan Cohen |
Publisher | Pictorial Histories Publishing Company |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Tells of the Amerian efforts to provide equipment for World War II and tells of the situation in America at the time.
Design for Victory
Title | Design for Victory PDF eBook |
Author | William L. Bird |
Publisher | Princeton Architectural Press |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1998-06 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9781568981406 |
The poster - inexpensive, colorful, and immediate - was an ideal medium for delivering messages about Americans' duties on the home front during World War II. Design for Victory presents more than 150 of these stunning images - many never reproduced since their first issue - culled from the collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. William L. Bird, Jr. and Harry R. Rubenstein delve beneath the surface of these colorful graphics, telling the stories behind their production and revealing how posters fulfilled the goals and needs of their creators. The authors describe the history of how specific posters were conceived and received, focusing on the workings of the wartime advertising profession and demonstrating how posters often reflected uneasy relations between labor and management.
The Home Front, U.S.A.
Title | The Home Front, U.S.A. PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald H. Bailey |
Publisher | Seafarer Books |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9780809424788 |
Class Struggle on the Home Front
Title | Class Struggle on the Home Front PDF eBook |
Author | G. Cassano |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2009-11-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0230246990 |
Home/Front examines the gendered exploitation of labor in the household from a postmodern Marxian perspective. The authors of this volume use the anti-foundationalist Marxian economic theories first formulated by Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff to explore power, domination, and exploitation in the modern household.
Cold War on the Home Front
Title | Cold War on the Home Front PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Castillo |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0816646910 |
Greg Castillo presents an illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in Cold War propaganda.