World War II & Postwar Years In America: A Historical & Cultural Encyclopedia

Author William H. Young

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Author

William H. Young

Publisher

ABC-CLIO

Volume

Copyright

2010

ISBN13

9780313356537

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

The "Greatest Generation" fought in Europe and the Pacific; women staffed production lines, the first Baby Boomers were born, and Studebaker led the postwar design change in automobiles. What was everyday life like in the 1940s? What did people watch, read, play? What inspired them and brought them joy?
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Alphabetical List of Entries.
Guide to Related Topics.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Abc (American Broadcasting Company).
2: Abstract Expressionism.
3: Acuff, Roy.
4: Advertising.
5: All-Girl Orchestras.
6: Andrews Sisters, The.
7: Architecture.
8: Art (Painting).
9: Ascap Vs. Bmi Radio Boycott and the Afm Recording Ban.
10: Atomic Bomb, The.
11: Automobiles and the American Automotive Industry.
12: Autry, Gene, and Roy Rogers.
13: Aviation.
14: Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose.
15: Baby Boom.
16: Baseball.
17: Basie, Count.
18: Basketball.
19: Bebop (Bop).
20: Berlin Airlift, The.
21: Best Sellers (Books).
22: Best Years of Our Lives, the (William Wyler).
23: Beverages.
24: Black Market.
25: Blackouts, Brownouts, and Dim-Outs.
26: Bogart, Humphrey.
27: Boogie-Woogie.
28: Book Clubs.
29: Bowling.
30: Boxing.
31: Boyd, William (Hopalong Cassidy).
32: Broadway Shows (Comedy and Drama).
33: Broadway Shows (Musicals).
34: Canteens.
35: Cartoons (Film).
36: Casablanca (Michael Curtiz).
37: Children's Films.
38: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles).
39: Civil Defense.
40: Classical Music.
41: Cold War, the.
42: Cole, Nat King.
43: Comedies (Film).
44: Comic Books.
45: Comic Strips.
46: Copland, Aaron.
47: Costume and Spectacle Films.
48: Country Music.
49: Crime and Mystery Films.
50: Crosby, Bing.
51: Crosley Automobiles.
52: Dance.
53: D-Day.
54: Design.
55: Desserts, Candy, and Ice Cream.
56: Disney, Walt.
57: Drama (Film).
58: Drive-Ins: Movie Theaters, Restaurants, and Banks.
59: Dumont Network.
60: Edgar Bergen/Charlie Mccarthy Show, the.
61: Education.
62: Eisenhower, General Dwight David.
63: Ellington, Duke.
64: Fads.
65: Fashion.
66: Fast Food.
67: Film Noir.
68: Fm Radio.
69: Folk Music.
70: Food.
71: Football.
72: Frozen Foods.
73: Games.
74: Gi Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944).
75: Godfr
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