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Author Goodman, Jack.

Title While you were gone; a report on wartime life in the United States / by Allan Nevins, Paul Gallico, Anna W.M. Wolf ... [and others] ... Edited by Jack Goodman.

Publication Info. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1946.

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 Moore Stacks  E806 .G65    Available  ---
Description viii, 625 pages ; 22 cm
Contents pt. 1. How we thought and behaved: How we felt about the war / by Allan Nevins -- What we talked about / by Paul Gallico -- What happened to the younger people / by Anna W.M. Wolf and Irma Simonton Black -- What we did about racial minorities / by Carey McWilliams -- pt. 2. How we were governed: Presidency / by Jonathan Daniels -- Congress / by Thomas L. Stokes -- War agencies / by Henry F. Pringle -- pt. 3. What labor did / by R.J. Thomas -- What industry did / by Donald M. Nelson -- What happened in agriculture / by Russell Lord -- What happened in science / by Gerald Wendt -- Women in the war / by Margaret Mead -- World of sports / by Dan Parker -- What the animals were up to / by James Thurber -- pt. 4. What we saw, read, and heard: Newspapers / by Lester Markel -- Radio / by Norman Corwin -- Magazines / by Eric Hodgins -- Advertising / by Raymond Rubicam -- Books / by Lewis Gannett -- Theatre / by Wolcott Gibbs -- Comics / by Milton Caniff -- Movies / by Bosley Crowther -- pt. 5. How we prepared for tomorrow: How we planned for the veterans' return / by Charles Hurd and Charles Bolté -- How we planned for the postwar world / by Joseph H. Ball -- Appendix: How your Congressman voted.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
United States -- Civilization.
United States.
Civilization.
Added Author Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.