TY - BOOK AU - Hurt,R.Douglas TI - The Great Plains during World War II SN - 9780803223981 AV - F595 .H95 2008eb U1 - 940.53/78 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Great Plains KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - Grandes Plaines KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - World War II KW - bisacsh KW - Social conditions KW - fast KW - Tweede Wereldoorlog KW - gtt KW - Sociale aspecten KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Conditions sociales KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-475) and index; Reluctance -- The work of war -- Women at work -- The home front -- Rationing -- The farm and ranch front -- Agricultural labor -- Military affairs -- Internment -- Prisoner-of-war camps -- Indians in wartime -- War's end; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Although the impact of World War II was not as transformative for the Great Plains as it was for other areas of the United States, it was still significant and tumultuous. Emphasizing the region?s social and economic history, The Great Plains during World War II is the first book to examine the effects of the war on the region and the responses of its residents. Beginning with the isolationist debate that preceded the war, R. Douglas Hurt traces the residents? changing view of the European conflict and its direct impact on the plains. Hurt argues that the people of the Great Plains based their UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=219091 ER -