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American Censorship And The Cartoon During World War Ii, D. Mark Davis
American Censorship And The Cartoon During World War Ii, D. Mark Davis
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing
WORLD WAR II was indeed a war of global proportions. It involved fifty-six countries, saw armed conflict on every continent except Antarctica, caused over three billion dollars in physical damage, and cost the lives of over fifty-five million people. However, in spite of the tremendous size and costs of World War II, this era is often remembered in America as a time when men felt honor in fighting and dying for their liberty, women went to work in a patriotic effort to support their nation, and freedom, liberty, and democracy overcame the evil and oppressive forces of fascism. Ironically, during …
The Mutation Of The Model Man: 1936-1945, Andrea Rassmussen
The Mutation Of The Model Man: 1936-1945, Andrea Rassmussen
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing
Masculinity, or the ideal male model, differed significantly in the war years from the late 1930s. This evolution can be seen through articles in Coronet, in which the majority of stories had male heroes whose physical characteristics, personalities, and social graces all changed as the war started and progressed. The ideal man shifted from the Successful Businessman of the 30s to the Individualistic Team Player of the 40s. I chose these names because they encapsulate the contradiction that made up the model man of the war years. No more was the ideal a cutthroat businessman concerned with nothing except succeeding, …
The Transformation Of Utah From A Colony Of Wall Street To A Colony Of Washington, Thomas G. Alexander
The Transformation Of Utah From A Colony Of Wall Street To A Colony Of Washington, Thomas G. Alexander
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing
Ordinarily. American historians divide the years from 1929 through 1945 into two periods. The time from 1929 to about 1939 they generally label· The Great Depression." In most cases, the chapter on the depression tells the story of American domestic affairs during the 1930s with a slight bow to the severity of worldwide economic conditions. In the next chapter, covering the years 1939 to 1945, historians discuss World War II; to do chis, however, they have to return to the 1920s to deal with the foreign affurs they neglected in the previous chapter. In discussing World War II, historians say …