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Los Angeles in World War II

Title
Los Angeles in World War II / Ruth Wallach, Dace Taube, Claude Zachary, Linda McCann and Curtis C Roseman.
Author
Wallach, Ruth
Publication
  • Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., [2011]
  • ©2011

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Additional Authors
  • Taube, Dace
  • Zachary, Claude
  • McCann, Linda
  • Roseman, Curtis C.
Description
127 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
During World War II, the Los Angeles region underwent rapid industrial growth as Kaiser Steel opened a giant mill in Fontana, and the aircraft giants--North American Aviation, Lockheed, Douglas, and Hughes--expanded with war contracts. The war economy's demographic and ethnic dimensions included women and African Americans entering factory work and troops streaming through Union Station to San Pedro for embarkation. The Zoot Suit Riots defined the tensions between servicemen and the Mexican American community, and the internment of Japanese Americans led to the eventual disappearance of established neighborhoods. The war inspired home front efforts by local civic and academic institutions, by the entertainment industry, and by émigrés from Nazi Germany. It led to the training of civilian corps, rationing, and vigilance for enemy activities. American participation in World War II from 1941 to 1945 energized the region's growing industrial infrastructure and spurred postwar economic and housing development.--From publisher description.
Series Statement
Images of America
Uniform Title
Images of America
Alternative Title
  • Los Angeles in World War Two
  • Los Angeles in World War 2
Subject
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • 1900-1999
  • World War, 1939-1945 > California > Los Angeles > Pictorial works
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • California > Los Angeles
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Contents
Los Angeles : 1937-1947 -- War and industrial activities : regional economy expands -- Troops and citizens in the war effort : society transforms.
ISBN
  • 9780738581811
  • 073858181X
LCCN
2010932245
OCLC
  • ocn668196589
  • SCSB-9610747
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library