Nature at war : American environments and World War II / edited by Thomas Robertson, Richard P. Tuck...
Nature at war : American environments and World War II / edited by Thomas Robertson, Richard P. Tuck...
Nature at war : American environments and World War II / edited by Thomas Robertson, Richard P. Tucker, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Peter Mansoor. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (xxi, 375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Preface: American environments and the Second World War / Peter Mansoor -- Introduction: Total war and American nature / Thomas Robertson and Richard P. Tucker -- Part 1. New weapons, new spaces -- A war of mobility : transportation, American productive power, and the environment during World War II...
Part 4. New landscapes : cities and coasts -- A watery grave? World War II and the environment on the American Gulf Coast / Christopher M. Rein -- World War II and the urban environment : redirecting American politics in Los Angeles and beyond / Sarah S. Elkind -- Part 5. New frontiers : microbes, m...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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England
Date Published
2020.
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This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction, processing, and use of vast quantities of natural resources. The wartime military-industrial complex, the 'Arsenal of Democracy,' experienced tremendous econom...
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Nature at war : American environments and World War II / edited by Thomas Robertson, Richard P. Tucker, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Peter Mansoor. [electronic resource]
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74VKaz0VVwBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0VVwBA
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1-108-30414-1
1-108-88991-3
1-108-88926-3
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940.53/10973
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991024402505502626
