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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Series Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; 1. The Bomber Plant; 2. The Local Response to Sudden Industrialization; 3. Housing for Defense; 4. The Battle for Bomber City; 5. What's Wrong with Willow Run?; 6. Building Bombers; 7. Building Communities; 8. A Bomber an Hour; 9. Confronting Race; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Archival Sources and Collection Abbreviations; Notes; Index; Series List.

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