San Francisco Nexus in World War II - Freedoms Found, Liberties Lost, and the Atomic Bomb

This book provides a detailed historical account of how people and institutions of San Francisco and the Bay Area during World War II shaped the world we live in today. It discusses the invention of the atomic bomb, the migration of Black Americans to the San Francisco area, and the internment of Japanese Americans.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Crucible by the Bay
Chapter 2: Bridging the New World
Chapter 3: Gold Comes to Berkeley
Chapter 4: Making the Desert Bloom
Chapter 5: A Hit on Treasure Island
Chapter 6: Fission from the Old World
Chapter 7: Panic in California
Chapter 8: Drumbeat to Internment
Chapter 9: Developing the Means
Chapter 10: Sketching the Atomic Bomb
Chapter 11: A National Disgrace
Chapter 12: Nearer to Free: Black Migration to San Francisco
Chapter 13: The Baritone Who Broke the Jim Crow Union
Chapter 14: Out of LeConte and Into Los Alamos
Chapter 15: The World Comes to San Francisco
Chapter 16: Jack Kennedy Present at the Creation
Chapter 17: Trinity and After
Chapter 18: Gold in Peace, Iron in War
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Philip E. Meza

Summary

This book provides a detailed historical account of how people and institutions of San Francisco and the Bay Area during World War II shaped the world we live in today. It discusses the invention of the atomic bomb, the migration of Black Americans to the San Francisco area, and the internment of Japanese Americans.

Product details

• Authors: Philip E. Meza, Meza Philip E.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2023
• EAN: 9781666941579
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-157-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Ethnic groups & multicultural studies, Local History, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Social discrimination & equal treatment, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states