American West Transformed

by Nash, Gerald D.

• ISBN13: 9780803283602
• ISBN10: 0803283601
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

The industrialization of the American West during World War II brought about rapid and far-reaching social, cultural, and economic changes. Gerald D. Nash shows that the effect of the war on that region was nothing less than explosive.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Before the Transformation, 1939-1941	p. 1
The West on the Eve of War, 1939 -- 1941	p. 3
The Transformation, 1941-1945	p. 15
The New West: War and Economic Transformation	p. 17
Westward Migrations: Expanding the Labor Force	p. 37
Western Cities in Wartime: California	p. 56
Western Cities in Wartime: the Pacific Northwest, Mountain States and Southwest	p. 75
Blacks in the Wartime West	p. 88
Spanish-Speaking Americans in Wartime	p. 107
Western Indians and Japanese-Americans	p. 128
Science in the Wartime West	p. 153
Cultural Life in the West: Hollywood in Wartime	p. 178
After the Transformation, 1945	p. 199
Conclusion: the West Transformed	p. 201
Appendix	p. 217
Notes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 278
Index	p. 297
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