| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 507 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Reluctance -- The work of war -- Women at work -- The home front -- Rationing -- The farm and ranch front -- Agricultural labor -- Military affairs -- Internment -- Prisoner-of-war camps -- Indians in wartime -- War's end |
| Summary |
Although the impact of World War II was not as transformative for the Great Plains as it was for other areas of the United States, it was still significant and tumultuous. Emphasizing the region?s social and economic history, The Great Plains during World War II is the first book to examine the effects of the war on the region and the responses of its residents. Beginning with the isolationist debate that preceded the war, R. Douglas Hurt traces the residents? changing view of the European conflict and its direct impact on the plains. Hurt argues that the people of the Great Plains based their |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-475) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Plains
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Social conditions
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Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
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Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Great Plains
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Great Plains.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803223981 |
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0803223986 |
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9780803224094 |
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0803224095 |
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1281241377 |
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9781281241375 |
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9786611241377 |
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661124137X |
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