The first strange place
Subtitle: the alchemy of race and sex in World War II Hawaii
By: Beth Bailey, David Farber.
Contributors: Farber, David R.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Hawaii.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Hawaii.; Hawaii -- Race relations.; Hawaii -- Social conditions.
Description: Hundreds of thousands of men and women went to Hawaii during World War II expecting a Hollywood image of "paradise." What they found was radically different : a complex crucible in which diverse elements--social, racial, sexual--were mingled and transmuted in the heat and strain of war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.