Postwar : waging peace in Chicago / Laura McEnaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEnaney, Laura, 1960- author.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

Postwar reconstruction--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.

Postwar reconstruction.

Social aspects.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Economic history.

Ethnic relations.

Social conditions.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

Summary:

Featuring a fine-grained history of Chicago's working class, Postwar investigates what the aftermath of World War II meant to a broad swath of Americans and finds a working-class war liberalism--a conviction that the wartime state had taken things from people and that the postwar era was about reclaiming those things with the state's help.

Contents:

Introduction : The End

Bathrooms, Bedrooms, and Basements : War Liberalism in the Postwar Apartment

Japanese Americans on Parole : The Perils and Promises of a Postwar State

Living the GI Bill : Postwar Prosperity Through Government Dependency

"I Would Not Call This the More Abundant Life" : Working-Class Women Get Their Peace

After the Double V : African Americans Demobilize for a "Real Peace"

Conclusion : Writing the History of What Happened After.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780812250558

0812250559

OCLC:

1028616556