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World War II and the American dream

Title
World War II and the American dream / exhibition organized and catalog edited by Donald Albrecht ; essays by Margaret Crawford ... [et al.].
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Building Museum ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Albrecht, Donald.
  • Crawford, Margaret, 1948-
  • National Building Museum (U.S.)
Description
xli, 288 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
"Among the legacies of World War II was a massive building program on a scale that America had not seen before and has not seen since. The war effort created thousands of factories, homes, even entire cities throughout the country. Many of these structures still stand, the physical evidence of an unprecedented ability to harness the power and resources of a people. The complex legacy of this notable period in our nation's history is discussed from a different perspective by each contributor."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Building Museum, Nov. 11, 1994-Dec. 31, 1995.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-279) and index.
Contents
Enlisting modernism / Peter S. Reed -- Scarcity and promise : materials and American domestic culture during World War II / Robert Friedel -- Daily life on the home front : women, blacks, and the struggle for public housing / Margaret Crawford -- The airplane and the garden city : regional transformations during World War II / Greg Hise -- Building for war, preparing for peace : World War II and the military-industrial complex / Joel Davidson -- War is swell / Michael Sorkin.
Call Number
JFF 95-4493
ISBN
  • 026201145X (alk. paper)
  • 9780262011457 (alk. paper)
  • 0262510839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780262510837 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
94038871
OCLC
31328916
Title
World War II and the American dream / exhibition organized and catalog edited by Donald Albrecht ; essays by Margaret Crawford ... [et al.].
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : National Building Museum ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-279) and index.
Added Author
Albrecht, Donald.
Crawford, Margaret, 1948-
National Building Museum (U.S.)
Research Call Number
JFF 95-4493
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