Prairie Forge : The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II /

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In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly slowed the program's momentum, and arms production fell dangerously behind schedule. The country needed scrap metal. Henry Doorly, publisher o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kimble, James J., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Scrap metals > Recycling.
Salvage (Waste, etc.)
Economics.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Dechets metalliques > Recyclage > Nebraska > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Nebraska.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) > Nebraska > History > 20th century.
Scrap metals > Recycling > Nebraska > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Nebraska.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Nebraska.
Nebraska > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Home front, battlefront
  • The scrap deficit; or how not to win a war
  • Henry Doorly and the Nebraska plan
  • Summertime scrapping in the city
  • Mobilizing greater Nebraska
  • The second-half comeback
  • The Nebraska plan goes national
  • Epilogue: home front, battlefront (revisited)
  • Appendix: Nebraska county scrap results.

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