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Title Texas and Texans in World War II : 1941-1945 / edited by Christopher B. Bean ; foreword by Randolph "Mike" Campbell
Edition First edition
Published College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource
Series Summerfield G. Roberts Texas History Ser
Summerfield G. Roberts Texas History Ser
Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Before the Storm: Texas, 1939-41 -- 2. The New Negro Moves Forward: Black Texans Earn Their Citizenship in World War II -- 3. Volunteers All: Texas Women in the Military in World War II -- 4. Tejanos: On Two Battlegrounds -- 5. Opportunity and Organized Labor in Wartime Texas, 1939-45 -- 6. Victory Crude: Texas Oil in World War II -- 7. The Better Half: Women, the Home Front, and World War II Texas -- 8. Oral History and World War II, 1941-45: From the Front Line to the Lone Star State
9. Texas Agriculture and World War II -- 10. Serving the Nation in Time of War: Training Camps, Prison Camps, and Major Texas Units in the Second World War -- 11. A New Texas Emerges: The Long-Term Impact of World War II, 1945-60 -- Index
Summary Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labor, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture. Texans in World War II makes local the frequently studied social history of wartime, bringing it home to Texas.?An eye-opening read for Texans eager to learn more about this defining era in their state?s history, this book will also prove deeply informative for scholars, students, and general readers seeking detailed, definitive information about World War II and its implications for daily life, economic growth, and social and political change in the Lone Star State
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Texas
History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
History / Military / World War Ii.
History / Military / United States.
SUBJECT Texas -- History, Military -- 20th century
Subject Texas
Genre/Form Electronic books
Military history
Form Electronic book
Author Bean, Christopher B., editor
Campbell, Randolph B., 1940- author of introduction, etc.
Dawson, Joseph G
Pruitt, Bernadette
Hurd, Michael
Landdeck, Katherine Sharp
De León, Arnoldo
Montz, Zachary
Mount II, Houston Faust, II
Sloan, Stephen M
ISBN 1623499704
9781623499709
Other Titles Texas and Texans in World War 2
Texas and Texans in World War Two