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World War II and the West It Wrought (Paperback)
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World War II and the West It Wrought (Paperback)
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Few episodes in American history were more transformative than
World War II, and in no region did it bring greater change than in
the West. Having lifted the United States out of the Great
Depression, World War II set in motion a massive westward
population movement, ignited a quarter-century boom that redefined
the West as the nation's most economically dynamic region, and
triggered unprecedented public investment in manufacturing,
education, scientific research, and infrastructure-an economic
revolution that would lay the groundwork for prodigiously
innovative high-tech centers in Silicon Valley, the Puget Sound
area, and elsewhere. Amidst robust economic growth and widely
shared prosperity in the post-war decades, Westerners made
significant strides toward greater racial and gender equality, even
as they struggled to manage the environmental consequences of their
region's surging vitality. At the same time, wartime policies that
facilitated the federal withdrawal of Western public lands and the
occupation of Pacific islands for military use continued an ongoing
project of U.S. expansionism at home and abroad. This volume
explores the lasting consequences of a pivotal chapter in U.S.
history, and offers new categories for understanding the post-war
West. Contributors to this volume include Mark Brilliant, Geraldo
L. Cadava, Matthew Dallek, Mary L. Dudziak, Jared Farmer, David M.
Kennedy, Daniel J. Kevles, Rebecca Jo Plant, Gavin Wright, and
Richard White.
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