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 World War II was crucial in the development of the emerging Civil Rights movement, whether through the economic and social impact of the war, or through demands for equality in the military. This period was characterized by an intense transformation of black hopes and expectations, encouraged by real socio-economic shifts and departures in federal policy. During the war, black self consciousness found powerful expression in new movements such as the 'Double V' campaign that linked the fight for democracy at home for the fight for democracy abroad. 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

Product details

• Authors: Neil Wynn, Neil A Wynn, Neil A. Wynn
• Assisted by: Nina Mjagkij (Editor), Jacqueline Moore (Editor), Jacqueline M Moore (Editor), Jacqueline M. Moore (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2010
• EAN: 9781442200166
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0016-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: The African American History Series; African American History (Rowm; The African American Experience Series; The African American Experience Series; African American History (Rowm; African American Experience
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous