World War II in Nashville: Transformation of the Home Front

by Robert G. Spinney

This book looks in depth at the ways in which World War II transformed the public and private life of one American city. Far more than the programs of the New Deal, argues Robert G. Spinney, it was the war that determined what Nashville would become at mid-century. Unlike many studies of the American home-front during World War II, Spinney's work focuses on the war's effects on Nashville's political culture. As he explains, anti-statist sentiment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157233004X
• ISBN13: 9781572330047
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"