This is who we were : in the 1940s.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grey House Publishing, Inc., issuing body.

Derks, Scott.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen forties.

United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

United States.

United States--Economic conditions--1945-.

United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

United States--Civilization--1918-1945.

United States--Civilization--1945-.

United States--History--1933-1945.

United States--History--1945-1953.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 579 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Edition:

[First edition].

Other Title:

This is who we were : in the nineteen forties

Place of Publication:

Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores American life in the 1940s through personal profiles of individuals and families and their lives at home, at work and in the community; includes lists of significant events and milestones for America, from technical advances and political events to new products and popular movies, and lists of recorded popular songs in the United States; and 1940 Census summary and comparison data.

Contents:

This is Who We Were: In the 1940s ; Table of Contents ; Essay on the 1940s ; Introduction ; Section One: Profiles ; Section Two: Historical Snapshots ; Section Three: Economy of the Times ; Section Four: All Around Us ; Section Five: Census Data ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 15, 2016).

"Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans Series by Scott Derks."

Related Work:

Derks, Scott. Working Americans.

ISBN:

9781785397011

178539701X

9781619257429

1619257424

OCLC:

928017652