Postwar : : Waging Peace in Chicago / / Laura McEnaney.
When World War II ended, Americans celebrated a military victory abroad, but the meaning of peace at home was yet to be defined. From roughly 1943 onward, building a postwar society became the new national project, and every interest group involved in the war effort—from business leaders to working-...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics and Culture in Modern America
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 16 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction. The End
- Chapter 1. Bathrooms, Bedrooms, and Basements: War Liberalism in the Postwar Apartment
- Chapter 2. Japanese Americans on Parole: The Perils and Promises of a Postwar State
- Chapter 3. Living the GI Bill: Postwar Prosperity Through Government Dependency
- Chapter 4. “I Would Not Call This the More Abundant Life”: Working-Class Women Get Their Peace
- Chapter 4. “I Would Not Call This the More Abundant Life”: Working-Class Women Get Their Peace
- Conclusion. Writing the History of What Happened After
- Notes
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
- Acknowledgments