World War II and the Postwar Years in America: J-Y
Title | World War II and the Postwar Years in America: J-Y PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Young |
Publisher | |
Pages | 832 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9780313356520 |
The two-volume World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia contains over 175 articles describing everyday life on the American home front during World War II and the immediate postwar years. Unlike publications about this period that focus mainly on the big picture of the war and subsequent economic conditions, this encyclopedia drills down to the popular culture of the 1940s, bringing the details of the lives of ordinary men, women, and children alive. The work covers a broad range of everyday activities throughout the 1940s, including movies, radio programming, music, the birth of commercial television, advertising, art, bestsellers, and other equally intriguing topics. The decade was divided almost evenly between war (1940-1945) and peace (1946-1950), and the articles point up the continuities and differences between these two periods. Filled with evocative photographs, this unique encyclopedia will serve as an excellent resource for those seeking an overview of life in the United States during a decade that helped shape the modern world
World War II and the Postwar Years in America
Title | World War II and the Postwar Years in America PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Young |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9781782680437 |
The work covers a broad range of everyday activities throughout the 1940s, including movies, radio programming, music, the birth of commercial television, advertising, art, bestsellers, and other equally intriguing topics.
World War II and the Postwar Years in America [2 volumes]
Title | World War II and the Postwar Years in America [2 volumes] PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Young |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 942 |
Release | 2010-09-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 031335653X |
More than 150 articles provide a revealing look at one of the most tempestuous decades in recent American history, describing the everyday activities of Americans as they dealt first with war, and then a difficult transition to peace and prosperity. The two-volume World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia contains over 175 articles describing everyday life on the American home front during World War II and the immediate postwar years. Unlike publications about this period that focus mainly on the big picture of the war and subsequent economic conditions, this encyclopedia drills down to the popular culture of the 1940s, bringing the details of the lives of ordinary men, women, and children alive. The work covers a broad range of everyday activities throughout the 1940s, including movies, radio programming, music, the birth of commercial television, advertising, art, bestsellers, and other equally intriguing topics. The decade was divided almost evenly between war (1940-1945) and peace (1946-1950), and the articles point up the continuities and differences between these two periods. Filled with evocative photographs, this unique encyclopedia will serve as an excellent resource for those seeking an overview of life in the United States during a decade that helped shape the modern world.
World War II and the Postwar Years in America
Title | World War II and the Postwar Years in America PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Young |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2010 |
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The Unfinished Journey
Title | The Unfinished Journey PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Chafe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This popular chronicles America's text roller-coaster journey through the decades since WorLd War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of post-war America, Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political, themes which have colored our country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform. This new edition of The Unfinished Journey has been updated to include a revised epilogue as well as an entirely new chapter on the Clinton presidency and current cultural and political issues.
On the Edge
Title | On the Edge PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Horowitz |
Publisher | Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Traces political, economic, cultural and social change from World War II through the Reagan Revolution. Also covers the troubled affluence of postwar America, Truman and the Cold War, the Eisenhower years, the liberal consensus of the 1960s, the crisis of American culture, and the embattled presidencies of Nixon, Ford, and Carter. (Also available: On The Edge: A History of America from 1890 to 1945, and a combined volume, On The Edge: A New History of America in the Twentieth Century). See combined volume description below.
The Unfinished Journey
Title | The Unfinished Journey PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Chafe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 568 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Chronicles the history of the United States over the past forty five years, including the first years of the Bush administration.