The Home Front Encyclopedia - United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II [3 volumes] (Hardcover, New)

This definitive reference work covers the complete transformation of American, Canadian, and British societies during the two world wars, including all aspects of working, recreational, and cultural life during wartime. The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II is the first scholarly work devoted exclusively to the utter transformation of American, Canadian, and British societies in those pivotal years. Other works have looked at developments in wartime life—government agencies, economic mobilization—but this encyclopedia is the first to focus on how the wars permeated every aspect of life. Coverage includes such fundamental issues as shifting sexual mores, era-defining musical genres (jazz in World War I, swing in World War II), and the exploding popularity of baseball, boxing, comics, movies, and radio. It also encompasses the decidedly unheroic moments of the times (racial violence, censorship, labor conflicts). The Home Front Encyclopedia is a uniquely insightful, culturally attuned volume where Bernard Baruch, Jane Addams, Henry Stimson, and Gunnar Myrdal share space with Charlie Chaplin, Billy Sunday, Joe Louis, Vera Lynn, and Kate Smith. At last, these seminal aspects of the most momentous events of the 20th century get the definitive reference they deserve.

General

Imprint:	ABC-CLIO Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	December 2006
Editors:	James Ciment • Thaddeus Russell
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 99mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	1478
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-57607-849-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-57607-849-3
Barcode:	9781576078495

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