World War II and the West It Wrought
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Kennedy, David M. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5036-1287-7
- EAN: 9781503612877
- Produktnummer: 32093562
- Verlag: Stanford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H15.2 cm x B23.0 cm x D1.3 cm 396 g
- Gewicht: 396
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Mark Brilliant is Associate Professor of History and American Studies at UC Berkeley.David M. Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, at Stanford and co-founder of Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West.
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