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Nature at war : American environments and World War II / edited by Thomas Robertson, Richard P. Tucker, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Peter Mansoor.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Robertson, Thomas, 1967- editor.
Tucker, Richard P., 1938- editor.
Breyfogle, Nicholas B., 1968- editor.
Mansoor, Peter R., 1960- editor.
Cambridge University Press.
William E. Lingelbach Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Environmental aspects--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Influence.
Industrial mobilization--United States--History--20th century.
Industrial mobilization.
History.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white
Other Title:
American environments and World War II
Place of Publication:
New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Preface: American environments and the Second World War / Peter Mansoor
Introduction: Total war and American nature / Thomas Robertson and Richard P. Tucker
Part 1. New weapons, new spaces
A war of mobility : transportation, American productive power, and the environment during World War II / Thomas Robertson and Christopher W. Wells
For land's sake : World War II military land acquisition and alteration / Jean Mansavage
Part 2. Military materials I (Inorganic)
Tanks are born underground : mining and World War II / Kent Curtis
Fueling the American century : establishing the US petroleum imperative / Brian Black
Part 3. Military materials (Inorganic)
Soldiers of the soil : labor, nature and American agriculture during World War II / Kendra Smith-Howard
When meals became weapons : American food in World War II / Kellen Backer
From field to foxhole : cigarettes and soldiers in World War II / Joel R. Blus
Part 4. New landscapes : cities and coasts
A watery grave? World War II and the environment on the American Gulf Coast / Christopher M. Rein
World War II and the urban environment : redirecting American politics in Los Angeles and beyond / Sarah S. Elkind
Part 5. New frontiers : microbes, molecules, and atoms
Battling insects and infection : American chemical and pharmaceutical expansion during World War II / Martha N. Gardner
Shattered worlds : place, environment, and militarized landscapes at the dawn of atomic America / Ryan H. Edgington
Part 6. Conservation
Total war and the total environment : World War II and the shift from conservation to environmentalism / Thomas Robertson.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William E. Lingelbach Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Nature at war
ISBN:
9781108304146
1108304141
Publisher Number:
99984280145
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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