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Kimble James J. <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Prairie forge : the extraordinary story of the Nebraska scrap metal drive of World War II / / James J. Kimble ; designed by N. Putens |
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Lincoln, [Nebraska] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-8032-5416-4 |
0-8032-5415-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Salvage (Waste, etc.) - United States - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Nebraska |
World War, 1939-1945 - Economic aspects - United States |
Scrap metals - Recycling - Nebraska - History - 20th century |
Salvage (Waste, etc.) - Nebraska - History - 20th century |
Nebraska History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Home front, battlefront -- The scrap deficit; or how not to win a war -- Henry Doorly and the Nebraska plan -- Summertime scrapping in the city -- Mobilizing greater Nebraska -- The second-half comeback -- The Nebraska plan goes national -- Epilogue: home front, battlefront (revisited) -- Appendix: Nebraska county scrap results. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly slowed the program's momentum, and arms production fell dangerously behind schedule. The country needed scrap metal. Henry Doorly, publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, had the solution. Prairie Forge tells the story of the great Nebraska scrap drive of 1942-a campaign that swept the nation and yielded five million tons of scrap metal, literally salvaging the war effort itself. James J. Kimble chro |
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