| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. EXECUTIVE DOMAIN -- 2. ENLISTING THE LABORATORIES -- 3. WORLD WAR II, THE COLD WAR, AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST -- 4. THE POLITICS WROUGHT BY WAR -- 5. THE ROOTS OF HISPANIC CONSERVATISM IN THE WARTIME WEST -- 6. "NO PRIVATE SCHOOL COULD EVER BE AS SATISFACTORY" -- 7. HOW THE PACIFIC WORLD BECAME WEST -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
| Summary |
"This volume examines how the Western United States underwent a period of profound transformation during World War II. A lineup of notable historians examines the cultural, environmental, economic, and political ramifications of the war on the American West, and argue for new ways of conceptualizing the "Western frontier" in the second half of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
American West |
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U.S. West |
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World War II - Economic aspects - West (U.S.) |
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World War II - Political aspects - West (U.S.) |
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World War II - Social aspects - West (U.S.) |
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World War II |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Social change -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- West (U.S.)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.)
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Political culture -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Political culture
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Social aspects
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Social change
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| SUBJECT |
West (U.S.) -- History, Military -- 20th century
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| Subject |
West United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brilliant, Mark, editor
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Kennedy, David M., editor
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| LC no. |
2019051239 |
| ISBN |
1503612880 |
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9781503612884 |
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