The bad city in the good war
Subtitle: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego
By: Roger W. Lotchin.
Series: The American West in the twentieth century
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- California; Cities and towns -- California -- History -- 20th century; California -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the bad city on the good war; title: Limping to Vallejo : the martial metropolises at war; title: Dunkirk at the marina : war and the renaissance of urban community; title: Al Capone and Alcatraz : the latent military resources of urban California; title: Tijuana breakfast : learning form the women of Rancho San Rafael and Wake Island; title: The universal double V : War and ethnocultural accomodation : War and the sources of urban racial and national diversity; title: Urban economies in a statist war; title: Government I : managing the city in a madcap world; title: Government II : mission improbable; title: Conclusion : the bad city and the good war : transformation or heroic interlude?.