Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 375 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9781108304146
Content:
This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction, processing, and use of vast quantities of natural resources. The wartime military-industrial complex, the 'Arsenal of Democracy,' experienced tremendous economic growth and technological development, employing resources at a higher intensity than ever before. The war years witnessed transformations in American agriculture; the proliferation of militarized landscapes; the popularization of chemical and pharmaceutical products; a rapid increase in energy consumption and the development of nuclear energy; a remaking of the nation's transportation networks; a shift in population toward the Sunbelt and the West Coast; a vast expansion in the federal government, in conjunction with industrial firms; and the emergence of environmentalism. World War II represented a quantitative and qualitative leap in resource use, with lasting implications for American government, science, society, health, and ecology
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Aus den Acknowledgements: "This volume began as a series of papers presented at the conference "The Nature of War: American Environments and World War II," at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the Ohio State University, February 25-27, 2016"
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-108-41976-5
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-108-41207-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
USA
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Natur
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Zweiter Weltkrieg
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Umwelt
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Industrialisierung
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Geschichte
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1017/9781108304146
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