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050 00 D769.85.I8 |bO86 2009
100 1  Ossian, Lisa L., |d1962-
245 14 The home fronts of Iowa, 1939-1945 / |cLisa L. Ossian.
264  1 Columbia : |bUniversity of Missouri Press, |c[2009]
264  4  |c©2009
300    xv, 242 pages ; |c24 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-233) and index.
505 0  Soldiers of the soil: the farm front -- E awards and WOWs: the production front -- Bonds, scrap, and boys: the community front -- Mrs. America's mission: the kitchen front.
520    This book considers the war years in Iowa by looking at activity on different home fronts and analyzing the resilience of Iowans in answering the call to support the U.S. entry into World War II. The author draws not only on historical archives, but also on artifacts of popular culture to record the rhetoric and emotion of their support. She shows how Iowans quickly moved from a skeptical stance to overwhelming enthusiasm for the war and answered the call on four fronts: farms, factories, communities, and kitchens. The book depicts real people and their concerns, showing the price paid in physical and mental exhaustion. It also shows the relevance of such issues as race, class and gender while depicting real people and their concerns, showing the price paid in physical and mental exhaustion. The fact that Iowans could become loyal citizen soldiers-- forming an Industrial and Defense Commission even before Pearl Harbor-- speaks not only to the patriotism of these sturdy midwesterners but also to the overall resilience of Americans.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |zIowa.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xSocial aspects |zIowa.
651  0 Iowa |xHistory |y20th century.
651  0 Iowa |xSocial conditions |y20th century.
852 0   |bstacks |hD769.85.I8 |iO86 2009