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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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- Book
- 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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