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BL
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1019155
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b773525
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| Main Entry
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Hurt, R. Douglas.
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| Title & Author
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The Great Plains during World War II /\ R. Douglas Hurt.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xiii, 507 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0803223986
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: 0803224095
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: 1281241377
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: 661124137X
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: 9780803223981
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: 9780803224094
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: 9781281241375
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: 9786611241377
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-475) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Great Plains.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War II.
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Social conditions
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Sociale aspecten.
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Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Great Plains, History, 20th century.
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Great Plains, Social conditions, 20th century.
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Great Plains.
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Great Plains.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53/78
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| LC Classification
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F595.H95 2008eb
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15.85bcl
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| Parallel Title
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Great Plains during World War 2
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: Great Plains during World War Two
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