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Historical dictionary of the 1940s / editors James G. Ryan and Leonard Schlup

Author
Ryan, James Gilbert
Published
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 600 pages).
Additional Creators
Schlup, Leonard C., 1943-
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Contents
Introduction -- A -- ABBOTT, WILLIAM ALEX-ANDER "BUD" -- ABORTION -- ACHESON, DEAN GOODERHAM -- AFRICAN AMERICANS -- AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY -- AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONALISM -- AGRICULTURE -- AIKEN, GEORGE DAVID -- ALCATRAZ -- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) -- ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE (AAGPBI) -- AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (ACWA) -- AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA -- AMERICA AND EAST ASIA -- AMERICA AND GERMANY -- AMERICA AND GREECE -- AMERICA AND ISRAEL -- AMERICA AND ITALY -- AMERICA AND JAPAN -- AMERICA AND THE ARAB WORLD., AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST -- AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM -- AMERICA AND THE USSR -- AMERICA FIRST MOVEMENT -- AMERICA IN 1940 -- AMERICAN DREAM -- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL) -- AMERICAN JEWS -- AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION (ADA) -- AMOS 'N' ANDY -- ANDERSON, CLINTON PRESBA -- ANDERSON, MARIAN -- ANDREWS SISTERS -- ANTIMISCEGENATION LAWS -- ANTI-SEMITISM -- ARDEN, EVE -- ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS -- ARVEY, JACOB M. -- ASTRONOMY -- ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION -- AUSTIN, WARREN ROBINSON -- AUTOMOBILES -- AUTRY, ORVON GENE -- AVIATION (COMMERCIAL) -- AVIATION (MILITARY) -- "AXIS SALLY" -- B., B-29 SUPERFORTRESS -- BABY BOOM -- BALL, LUCILLE DESIREE -- BALLPOINT PENS -- BARKLEY, ALBEN WILLIAM -- BARUCH, BERNARD MANNES -- BASEBALL -- BASEBALL'S NEGRO LEAGUES -- BASKETBALL (COLLEGE) -- BASKETBALL (PROFESSIONAL) -- BEARD, CHARLES A. -- BELL, JAMES THOMAS "COOL PAPA" -- BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT -- BENSON, EZRA TAFT -- BENTLEY, ELIZABETH -- BERLIN BLOCKADE -- BETHUNE, MARY McLEOD -- BIDDLE, FRANCIS BEVERLY -- BIG BANG THEORY -- BIKINI -- BILBO, THEODORE GILMORE -- BIRTH CONTROL -- BLACK ELK, NICHOLAS -- BLACK, HUGO LAFAYETTE -- BLIMPS AND AIRSHIPS., "BOGEY AND BACALL"-HUMPHREY DeFOREST BOGART -- BOWLES, CHESTER -- BOXING -- BOYD, WILLIAM -- BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE -- BRICKER, JOHN WILLIAM -- BRIDGES, HENRY STYLES -- BROADWAY -- BROWDER, EARL RUSSELL -- BUCK, PEARL -- BULGE, BATTLE OF THE -- BUNCHE, RALPH JOHNSON -- BURDICK, USHER LLOYD -- BUSH, PRESCOTT SHELDON -- C -- CAIRO CONFERENCE -- CALOMIRIS, ANGELA J. -- CAPEHART, HOMER EARL -- CARAWAY, HATTIE WYATT -- CASABLANCA CONFERENCE -- CASE, FRANCIS HIGBEE -- CATHER, WILLA -- CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN -- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -- CHAIN STORES -- CHAMBERS, WHITTAKER., and CHANDLER, ALBERT BENJAMIN -- CHAVEZ, DENNIS -- CHEMISTRY -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MADAME -- CHILD LABOR -- CHURCHILL, WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER -- CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) -- CIVIL RIGHTS -- CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPS -- CLARK, DAVID WORTH -- CLIFT, MONTGOMERY -- COCOANUT GROVE FIRE -- COLLIER, JOHN -- COLLINS, DOROTHY -- COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE -- COMMENTARY -- COMMUNIST PARTY (CPUSA) -- CONANT, JAMES BRYANT -- CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE) -- CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 1942 -- CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 1946.
Summary
Contains entries for individuals, institutions, and events, focusing mostly on the U.S. Entries cover topics in science, history, literature, theater and entertainment, and many other areas.
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ISBN
9780765621078 (electronic bk.)
076562107X (electronic bk.)
9780765604408 (alk. paper)
076560440X (alk. paper)
076560440X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546) and index.
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