African American Experience During World War II

Informationen zum Autor Neil A. Wynn is professor of 20th century American history at the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham, UK, and author of a number of books, including The Afro-American and the Second World War. He has also edited a number of historical dictionaries for Scarecrow Press. Klappentext Drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and research, Neil A. Wynn combines narrative history and primary sources as he locates the World War II years within the long-term struggle for African Americans' equal rights. Zusammenfassung Drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and research! Neil A. Wynn combines narrative history and primary sources as he locates the World War II years within the long-term struggle for African Americans' equal rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The African American and War in Historical ContextChapter 1: African Americans on the Eve of War: From New Negro to New Deal, 1920-1939Chapter 2: Mobilizing for War: the Arsenal of Democracy and the Struggle for InclusionChapter 3: Fighting for Freedom: Changing Military Policy and Experience, 1940-1945Chapter 4: Conflict on the Home Front: Resistance, Riot and Social ChangeChapter 5: The Postwar Years and Changing Civil Rights: "An American Dilemma"DocumentsBibliographic Essay

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• Authors: Neil Wynn, Neil A. Wynn, Wynn Neil A.
• Assisted by: Nina Mjagkij (Editor), Jacqueline M. Moore (Editor), Mjagkij Nina (Editor of the series), Moore Jacqueline M. (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9781442210318
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-1031-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: The African American History Series; African American History (Rowm; The African American Experience Series; The African American Experience Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, African American history;Second World War