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245 04 $aThe home front encyclopedia :$bUnited States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II /$cJames Ciment, editor ; Thaddeus Russell, contributing editor.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bABC-CLIO,$c2007.
300 $a3 v. (xix, 1478 p.) :$bill. ;$c29 cm.
520 $aPrimary source material.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $av. 1. World war I -- v. 2. World War II -- v. 3. Documents.
520 $a"This definitive reference work covers the complete transformation of American, Canadian, and British societies during the two world wars, including all aspects of working, recreational, and cultural life during wartime. Rosie the Riveter. Trench warfare. Victory gardens. The Western Front. "Over There" and "We'll Meet Again." Londoners under the blitz, Japanese-American internment, exuberant couples kissing on VJ Day. Wartime life at home has provided some of our most indelible stories and images. Now, one reference source captures the complete story of how the two world wars changed our way of life forever. The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II is the first scholarly work devoted exclusively to the utter transformation of American, Canadian, and British societies in those pivotal years. Other works have looked at developments in wartime life,government agencies, economic mobilization,but this encyclopedia is the first to focus on how the wars permeated every aspect of life. Coverage includes such fundamental issues as shifting sexual mores, era-defining musical genres (jazz in World War I, swing in World War II), and the exploding popularity of baseball, boxing, comics, movies, and radio. It also encompasses the decidedly unheroic moments of the times (racial violence, censorship, labor conflicts). The Home Front Encyclopedia is a uniquely insightful, culturally attuned volume where Bernard Baruch, Jane Addams, Henry Stimson, and Gunnar Myrdal share space with Charlie Chaplin, Billy Sunday, Joe Louis, Vera Lynn, and Kate Smith. At last, these seminal aspects of the most momentous events of the 20th century get the definitive reference they deserve.Title FeaturesNearly 700 alphabetically organized entries on all aspects of life on the home front during the world wars, including biographies and accounts of cities and regions, cultural phenomena (movies, music, and literature), ethnic groups, key events (elections, strikes, mobilization efforts), government agencies, and private institutionsMore than 100 expert contributors from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, including specialists in politics, economics, sociology, and popular cultureChronologies of important events in both World Wars I and IIA selection of primary sources, including speeches, official documents, propaganda, journalism, and personal correspondence, plus a wealth of historical images (photographs, propaganda posters, editorial cartoons)HighlightsComplements coverage of the United States with entries on Canada and Great Britain, with roughly one-third of the encyclopedia covering the home fronts in the latter two nationsTraces the interrelationship of various elements within wartime America, for example, cross-referencing the Great Migration of African Americans and the War Labor Board with entries on the movement of jazz from New Orleans to northern citiesExamines the impact of war on racial and ethnic communities, women, youth, laborers, entertainers, and others, as well as the impact of these groups on life on the home frontShows the effects of the defining military and diplomatic developments of the world wars on the home front." -- From Publisher Description
530 $aThis book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit abc-clio.com for details.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zUnited States$vEncyclopedias.
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650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States$vEncyclopedias.
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