This is who we were : a companion to the 1940 census / / by Scott Derks

• Autore: Derks Scott
• Pubblicazione: Amenia, N.Y., : Grey House Pub., 2012; Amenia, N.Y. : , : Grey House Pub., , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xliii, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 330.973
• Soggetto topico: Nineteen thirties
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions 1918-1945; United States Social conditions 1933-1945; United States Civilization 1918-1945
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Media Response""; ""State by State Comparisons & Rankings""; ""Profiles""; ""Family of Four Depend on Ford Motor Company Job""; ""Family Life in a Planned Community""; ""Farmer Finds Second Career Creating Insurance Just for Farmers""; ""Family Wiped Out by Stock Market Crash""; ""America Repatriates its Own Citizens to Mexico""; ""African American Couple Emigrate from Rural South to Urban North""; ""Tennessee Farmer Finds Success as Welder for TVA""; ""The Fight for Equality and Civil Rights is Vibrant""; ""Civil Unrest Sweeps Across America"" ; ""Speedboat Champion Strives to Create the Ultimate Machine""""Boxer Claims the Role of Villain to Achieve Success""; ""South Carolina Family Endures Death, Debts and Selling the Farm""; ""Microphone Innovations Usher in Popular Crooners""; ""Judge Takes the Road Less Travelled""; ""Government Work Program Strengthens American Music Scene""; ""Methodist Minister Tames Troubled Churches""; ""The Fight to Make America Liquor-Free Continues""; ""The Man Who Made the Electric Light Bulb Affordable""; ""Newspaper Sportswriter is Best Job in the World""; ""Discovering the Power of Technicolor"" ; ""New York Bond Trader Sees a Rebounding Economy""""Keeping up With the “Swingingest Female Aliveâ€?""; ""RCA-Victor Researcher Works in Secret on Inventing Television""; ""How Wheaties Became “Breakfast of Championsâ€?""; ""Tobacco Heiress Continues to Live the Good Life""; ""Frozen Food Innovator Focuses on Portable Food for Soldiers""; ""Historical Snapshots""; ""Early 1930s""; ""Mid 1930s""; ""Late 1930s""; ""1940""; ""Economy of the Times""; ""1930""; ""1931""; ""1932""; ""1933""; ""1934""; ""1935""; ""1936""; ""1937""; ""1938""; ""1939""; ""1940"" ; ""What We Saw, Wrote, Read, & Listented To""""1940 Census Summary & Comparison Data""; ""United States Summary""; ""Comparison of Principal Cities""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: "A companion resource to the 1940 Census just released by the US National Archives, This is Who We Were, provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using both original material from the 1940 CEnsus (reprinted here in a different color), readers will find richly-illustrated Personal Profiles, Economic Data, and Current Events to give meaning and depth to what life was like in 1940 America as the country was emerging from depression, but on the verge of war. Next, a wide range of data from the 1940 and 2010 Census are put side-by-side so users can quickly and easily see differences and similarities over these past 70 years."--Publisher's website.
• Titolo autorizzato: This is who we were
• ISBN: 1-78684-076-6; 1-283-52906-8; 9786613841513; 1-61925-008-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814510503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II