The Second Gold Rush
Subtitle: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 29, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780520207011
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Economic history; Local history; Social history; Second World War, 1939-1945; United States - State & Local - General; History; History - U.S.; History: American; History: World; USA; United States - 20th Century/WWII; History / General; General; Sociology - Urban; United States - State & Local - West
First sentence: Prior to the Second World War, there were two competing images of the East Bay: a quiet bedroom suburb of San Francisco versus a thriving industrial metropolis.