This is Who We Were
Subtitle: a companion to the 1940 Census
Publisher: Grey House Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amenia, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781619250079
Description: "A companion resource to the 1940 Census just released by the US National Archives, This is Who We Were, provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using both original material from the 1940 CEnsus (reprinted here in a different color), readers will find richly-illustrated Personal Profiles, Economic Data, and Current Events to give meaning and depth to what life was like in 1940 America as the country was emerging from depression, but on the verge of war. Next, a wide range of data from the 1940 and 2010 Census are put side-by-side so users can quickly and easily see differences and similarities over these past 70 years."--Publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: Background information: then & now; title: Profiles; title: Historical snapshots; title: Economy of the times; title: All around us : what we saw, wrote, read & listened to; title: 1940 census summary & comparison data