Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Civic Generation -- 1 Creating the G.I. Bill -- 2 Citizen Soldiers -- 3 Beyond All Expectations -- 4 Conveying Messages -- 5 Fostering Social Opportunity -- 6 Creating Active Citizens -- 7 Making Democracy -- 8 Mobilizing for Equal Rights -- 9 Created with the Men in Mind -- 10 The Unfinished Work -- Appendices -- Notes -- Index
Summary
The G.I. Bill fueled not only the development of the middle class: it also revitalized American democracy. Americans who came of age during World War II joined fraternal groups and neighborhood and community organizations and took part in politics at rates that made the postwar era the twentieth century's civic ""golden age."" Drawing on extensive interviews and surveys with hundreds of members of the ""greatest generation, "" Suzanne Mettler finds that by treating veterans as first-class citizens and in granting advanced education, the Bill inspired them to become the active participants thank
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-242) and index
