From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front 1469602059, 9781469602059

Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II 9780814749135

One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4

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Women of Valor: The Rochambelles on the World War II Front [Revised] 1476684537, 9781476684536

Women in an armored division! General Leclerc had never heard of such a thing. But if he wanted the 19 brand-new ambulan

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Kentucky and the Great War : World War I on the Home Front 9780813168029, 9780813168012

From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to co

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The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II 9780520934214

Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion, jazz and swing music, jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing, unique pa

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French Women and the First World War: War Stories of the Home Front 9781859733615, 1859733611, 9781859733660, 1859733662

"Despite acts of female heroism, popular memory, as well as official memorialization in monuments and historic site

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Military History of Western World: From the American Civil War to the End of World War II [3]

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World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights 9780292794573

World War II marked a turning point for Mexican Americans that fundamentally changed their expectations about how they s

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Vanishing Point: The Search for a B-24 Bomber Crew Lost on the World War II Home Front 9781501769658

In Vanishing Point, prize winning journalist and author Tom Wilber pieces together the largely forgotten story of the bo

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The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines 1606353985, 9781606353981

Gold Medal, History, Military Writers Society of America The untold stories of troops serving miles away from front line

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The Home Front: U.S.A. (World War II) [First Printing ed.] 0809424789

1st Printing. Appears unread. Textblock is very clean and very tight. B&W photographs. Black end pages. All pages ar

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