The GI Bill [[electronic resource] ] : a new deal for veterans / / Glenn C. Altschuler, Stuart M. Blumin

• Autore: Altschuler Glenn C
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.6; 362.86/8097309045
• Soggetto topico: Veterans - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Veterans - Education - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BluminStuart M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-236) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; ONE: Before the GI Bill: Veterans and Politics from the Revolution through World War I; TWO: FDR and the Reshaping of Veterans' Benefits, 1940-1943; THREE: "Mission Accomplished"; FOUR: "SRO": Veterans and the Colleges; FIVE: "The Most Inclusive Program": Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Title II; SIX: Overlooked: GI Joe but not Joe College; SEVEN: Finding a Home: The VA Mortgage; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor. The Marshall Plan comes to mind, as does the Civil Rights Act. But perhaps none resonates in the American imagination like the G.I. Bill. In a brilliant addition to Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments in American History series, historians Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin offer a compelling and often surprising account of the G.I. Bill and its sweeping and decisive impact on American life. Formally known as the Serviceman's Readjustment Act
• Titolo autorizzato: The GI Bill
• ISBN: 1-282-12526-5; 9786612125263; 0-19-972042-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454039903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pivotal Moments in American History