The Second Gold Rush
Subtitle: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 8, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780520081918
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Economic history; Local history; Social history; United States - 20th Century/WWII; History - General History; California - Local History; Rural-urban migration; History: American; USA; History / General; World War, 1939-1945; 20th century; California; East Bay; East Bay (Calif.); History; Oakland; Oakland (Calif.)
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.