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Ocon At War: The Oconomowoc Home Front During The Second World War, Erika L. Laabs
Ocon At War: The Oconomowoc Home Front During The Second World War, Erika L. Laabs
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OCON AT WAR:THE OCONOMOWOC HOME FRONT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
This thesis will examine the local home front propaganda in and around Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Waukesha County) during the Second World War and compare the Oconomowoc area propaganda to Wisconsin overall and to the national experience. Enlistments, war bond sales, USO events, parades, radio programs/speeches, films, music, popular books/comic books, and images, are the main types of “cultural locations” that I am using as propaganda. I have found solid examples of posters and advertisement images from local newspapers that provide a wealth of information about the way fear, love, …