Hazards on the Homefront
Author | : King County (Wash.). Solid Waste Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Consumer goods |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : King County (Wash.). Solid Waste Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Consumer goods |
ISBN | : |
Author | : King County (Wash.). Solid Waste Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Consumer goods |
ISBN | : |
Author | : King County (Wash.). Water and Land Resources Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Hazardous substances |
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Author | : Michele Stenehjem Gerber |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2007-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803259959 |
On the Home Front is the only comprehensive history of the Hanford Nuclear Site, America’s most productive and wasteful plutonium manufacturing facility. Located in southeastern Washington State, the Hanford Site produced the plutonium used in the atomic bombs that ended World War II. This book was made possible by the declassification in the 1980s of tens of thousands of government documents relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the site. The third edition contains a new introduction by John M. Findlay and a new epilogue by the author.
Author | : Helen Croft |
Publisher | : Pearson Higher Education AU |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2012-08-15 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 144255309X |
The Experienced Carer – Frontline Leaders in Australia’s Aged Care Workplaces was written to accompany the Australian Carer, 2e and Caring in the Community. This resource covers all of the compulsory competencies, plus the most popular electives from the Certificate IV in Aged Care.
Author | : Michael Scheibach |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2017-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476672121 |
Formed in 1951, the Federal Civil Defense Administration said that "the importance of women in civil defense can scarcely be overstated." Comprising 70 percent or more of civil defense workers at the height of the Cold War, American women served as FCDA wardens, auxiliary police, nurses, home preparedness advisors, coordinators of mass feeding drills, rescue and emergency management personnel, and in various local, state, regional and national organizations. The author examines the diverse roles they filled to promote homeland protection and preparedness at a time when atomic war was an imminent threat.
Author | : C D Peterson |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword History |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2024-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399059270 |
Captures the transformation of America during WWII, highlighting daily life, wartime economy, and the profound patriotism that united the nation. Don’t you know there’s a war on?! Use it up… Wear it out… Make it do… Or do without! Loose Lips Sink Ships! Any Bonds Today? Remember Pearl Harbor! Those were the slogans Americans called out to each other on the home front during WWII. They forged their days surrounded by fellow patriots sharing in the greatest endeavor of their lives: winning the war. The American Home Front in WWII presents the striking story of those times starting with little-known events well before Pearl Harbor – the clashes between isolationists and those favoring intervention and America’s first peacetime draft. The shock of Pearl Harbor transformed America from a peacetime country to a full wartime economy. Factories produced an airplane every sixty-one minutes. Women and Blacks entered the workforce as never before bringing about earthshaking changes. Americans describe in their own words the rigors of everyday life: rationing, air raid drills, rigging up black curtains and scrap drives. But Americans found ways to enjoy themselves- movie attendance swelled with films such as Casablanca while Broadway brought audiences Oklahoma. The music of Glen Miller and the voice of a skinny newcomer named Frank Sinatra had Americans swinging and swooning. The American Home Front in WWII brings this story to life to capture the extraordinary level of patriotism and teamwork on the home front. It truly was a time when there were no strangers.
Author | : Ian F.W. Beckett |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2013-12-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472908899 |
The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to the war effort. National initiatives like rationing affected all, and civilians were now regarded as a legitimate military target. Reminders of this turbulent time survive today, in rituals such as Summer Time and Remembrance, nationwide war memorials, and the powerful myth of a lost generation slaughtered in a futile war. Here Ian Beckett examines the mobilization of the British people for the war effort and reassesses its impact on state and society. As evidence, he presents 40 key documents, including the King's rallying cry to the nation to 'eat less wheat', reports on social phenomena from anti-German riots to the drinking habits of women and juveniles, and Kitchener's initiatives to raise his New Armies.
Author | : Jordynn Jack |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0252076591 |
A critical assay of the rhetorical and cultural obstacles faced by women scientists
Author | : Andrew E. Kersten |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2009-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0814748244 |
One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4 million members in over 20,000 union locals during World War II. The AFL played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940s. The war years are pivotal in the history of American labor, but books on the AFL’s experiences are scant, with far more on the radical Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). Andrew E. Kersten closes this gap with Labor’s Home Front, challenging us to reconsider the AFL and its influence on twentieth-century history. Kersten details the union's contributions to wartime labor relations, its opposition to the open shop movement, divided support for fair employment and equity for women and African American workers, its constant battles with the CIO, and its significant efforts to reshape American society, economics, and politics after the war. Throughout, Kersten frames his narrative with an original, central theme: that despite its conservative nature, the AFL was dramatically transformed during World War II, becoming a more powerful progressive force that pushed for liberal change.