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Home front : North Carolina during World War II / Julian M. Pleasants.
Van Pelt Library D769.85.N8 P55 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pleasants, Julian M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--North Carolina.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History, Military.
- History.
- North Carolina--History--20th century.
- North Carolina.
- North Carolina--History, Military--20th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville [Florida] : University Press of Florida, [2017]
- Summary:
- Julian Pleasants offers a grassroots view of World War II's extraordinary impact on the homefront by focusing on the myriad ways, large and small, that the war changed the lives of average citizens. Using oral histories, interviews, and newspaper accounts, Pleasants connects family-level decisions to fundamental social, economic, industrial, and military growth that helped move the Tar Heel State toward a more progressive future.
- Contents:
- Prelude to war : the years 1931-1941
- A call to duty : the Selective Service Act of 1940
- A call to arms : military preparedness
- Arsenal of democracy : the economic impact of the war
- Torpedo junction : submarine warfare off the North Carolina coast
- "Make do with less" : rationing, war bonds, and victory gardens
- Education and the University of North Carolina Pre-Flight School
- Prisoners of war in the Old North State
- The double V : racism during World War II
- "This is my war, too" : women at war
- Tar Heel heroes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813054254
- 0813054257
- OCLC:
- 959592732
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