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The Way We Really Were: THE GOLDEN STATE IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR
Roger W. Lotchin
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paperback. The customary picture of the World War II era in California has been dominated by accounts of the Japanese American concentration camps, African Americans, and women on the home front. This title examines significant wartime changes in the circumstances of immigrant groups that have been largely overlooked by historians. Editor(s): Lotchin, Roger W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
The customary picture of the World War II era in California has been dominated by accounts of the Japanese American concentration camps, African Americans, and women on the home front.
The Way We Really Were substantially enlivens this view, addressing topics that have been neglected or incompletely treated in the past to create a more rounded picture of the wartime situation at home. Exploring the developments brought to fruition by the war and linking them to their roots in earlier decades, contributors address the diversity of the musical scene, which arose from a cross-pollination of styles brought by Okies, ... Read more
The customary picture of the World War II era in California has been dominated by accounts of the Japanese American concentration camps, African Americans, and women on the home front.
The Way We Really Were substantially enlivens this view, addressing topics that have been neglected or incompletely treated in the past to create a more rounded picture of the wartime situation at home. Exploring the developments brought to fruition by the war and linking them to their roots in earlier decades, contributors address the diversity of the musical scene, which arose from a cross-pollination of styles brought by Okies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252068195
SKU
V9780252068195
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Reviews for The Way We Really Were: THE GOLDEN STATE IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR
"A fine collection of ten essays... The essays interact with one another, and at the end of the book the reader feels she has a fairly good idea of what life was like in California during those years."
Judith R. Raftery, Western Historical Quarterly
Judith R. Raftery, Western Historical Quarterly