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Planning the Home Front
Sarah Jo Peterson
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Description for Planning the Home Front
Hardcover. Offers readers a portrait of the American people - industrialists, labor leaders, federal officials, municipal leaders, social reformers, and industrial workers and their families - that lays bare the foundations of community, the high costs of racism, and the tangled process of negotiation between New Deal visionaries and wartime planners. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTK; HBWQ; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Before Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7 to be a "date which will live in infamy"; before American soldiers landed on D-day; before the B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s roared over Europe and Asia, there was Willow Run. Located twenty-five miles west of Detroit, the bomber plant at Willow Run and the community that grew up around it attracted tens of thousands of workers from across the United States during World War II. Together, they helped build the nation's "arsenal of democracy," but Willow Run also became the site of repeated political conflicts over how to build suburbia while mobilizing for total ... Read more
Before Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7 to be a "date which will live in infamy"; before American soldiers landed on D-day; before the B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s roared over Europe and Asia, there was Willow Run. Located twenty-five miles west of Detroit, the bomber plant at Willow Run and the community that grew up around it attracted tens of thousands of workers from across the United States during World War II. Together, they helped build the nation's "arsenal of democracy," but Willow Run also became the site of repeated political conflicts over how to build suburbia while mobilizing for total ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226025421
SKU
V9780226025421
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About Sarah Jo Peterson
Sarah Jo Peterson is an independent scholar with over twenty years of experience in urban planning.
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