The First Strange Place
Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii
$91.89
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
14 March 1994
Summary
As the forward base and staging area for all US military operations in the Pacific during World War II, Hawaii was the “first strange place” for close to a million soldiers, sailors and marines on their way to the horrors of war. But Hawaii was also the first strange place on another kind of journey, toward the new American society that would begin to emerge in the post-war era. Unlike the rigid and static social order of pre-war America, this was to be a highly mobile and volatile society of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801848674 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0801848679 |
| Author: | David Farber, Beth L. Bailey |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 1994 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
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The First Strange Place is in the great tradition of oral history and yet it makes marvelous use of archival records-I was reminded both of Studs Terkel’s sensitive ear and of Shelby Foote’s sweeping vision. Boston Globe
About The Author
David Farber
Beth Bailey teaches American history and is the director of American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of From the Front Porch to the Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America. David Farber teaches American history at barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of Chicago ‘68 and The Age of Great Dreams: American in the 1960s.
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