Planning the Home Front : Building Bombers and Communities at Willow Run /

Before Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7 to be a "date which will live in infamy"; before American soldiers landed on D-Day; before the B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s roared over Europe and Asia, there was Willow Run. Located twenty-five miles west of Detroit, the bomber plant at Willow Run...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, Sarah Jo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Colección:Historical studies of urban America.
Temas:
Willow Run Industrial Complex > History.
Willow Run Industrial Complex.
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Influence.
Airplane factories > Michigan > Willow Run.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Influence.
HISTORY / General.
Airplane factories.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Willow Run (Mich.) > History > 20th century.
Michigan > Willow Run.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Before Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7 to be a "date which will live in infamy"; before American soldiers landed on D-Day; before the B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s roared over Europe and Asia, there was Willow Run. Located twenty-five miles west of Detroit, the bomber plant at Willow Run and the community that grew up around it attracted tens of thousands of workers from across the United States during World War II. Together, they helped build the nation's "Arsenal of Democracy," but Willow Run also became the site of repeated political conflicts over how to build suburbia while.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1299605192
9781299605190
022602556X
9780226025421
022602542X
9780226025568

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