World War II home front / Gary E. Barr.
Author/creator |
Barr, Gary E., 1951- |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Chicago : Heinemann Library, ©2004. |
Description | 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
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Series | Witness to history Witness to history (Heinemann Library (Firm)) ^A793585 |
Contents | How do we know? -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Conducting the war -- Recruiting efforts -- Women's Air Force Service pilots -- Financing the war -- Advertising the war -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Factory production -- Women on the home front -- Farm production -- Victory gardens -- Rationing -- In the cities -- The family -- Children -- African Americans -- Mistreatment of ethnic groups -- The media -- Sports and entertainment -- The atomic bomb -- Victory -- What have we learned? -- Timeline. |
Abstract | Provides an overview of what life was like in the United States during World War II. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 55) and index. |
LCCN | 2003018146 |
ISBN | 1403445710 |
ISBN | 9781403445711 |
ISBN | 1403445796 (pbk.) |
ISBN | 9781403445797 (pbk.) |
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