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I see zero information here about drives! Rationing, yes, but what about that.. that thing where people were donating tons of old nylon and steel to the war effort, despite the military never actually using any of it since it was more expensive to recycle than to buy new, but that it was basically good for morale since everyone felt like they were helping out.. I learned-ed that in school. |
I see zero information here about drives! Rationing, yes, but what about that.. that thing where people were donating tons of old nylon and steel to the war effort, despite the military never actually using any of it since it was more expensive to recycle than to buy new, but that it was basically good for morale since everyone felt like they were helping out.. I learned-ed that in school. |
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The "Real Value Consumer Spending" Table is meaningless because it has no units. I assume the currency is dollars? Are they 1942 dollars? 1945 dollars? Is each year adjusted for inflation? Are these millions of dollars? Billions of dollars? I am assuming they are total dollars spent by all consumers, and not amount sent per capita because of the scale - I expect people spent more than $100 per person in a year and far less than $100,000 per person in a year - but who is to know when there are no units? |
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Revision as of 20:58, 9 July 2007
An Alternative to Common perception
For the role of women in WWII, I found an article the rebukes most of the common perceptions society holds about them. http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/guides/womens_studies/womlab.asp
- that is indeed an excellent resource and I will add it to the bibliog. 11:10, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Title
Any reason why this article doesn't have a normal, grammatical title?
- there will eventually be a series of articles about the US Homefronts in different wars. What would be the best way to title the series? Rjensen 11:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- United States home front during World War II. If there are no significant objections I'll move it accordingly in a day or two. Blankfaze 00:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- there will eventually be a series of articles about the US Homefronts in different wars. What would be the best way to title the series? Rjensen 11:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Baby boom beginnings
My history teacher said that a large portion of the boom during early WWII was from couples attempting to render the man ineligible for recruitment. If this is verifiable, shouldn't it be mentioned? --67.10.175.242 08:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- babies born after dec 7 1941 did not "count" (no deferment) Rjensen 09:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Drives
I see zero information here about drives! Rationing, yes, but what about that.. that thing where people were donating tons of old nylon and steel to the war effort, despite the military never actually using any of it since it was more expensive to recycle than to buy new, but that it was basically good for morale since everyone felt like they were helping out.. I learned-ed that in school.
Tables Missing Units
The "Real Value Consumer Spending" Table is meaningless because it has no units. I assume the currency is dollars? Are they 1942 dollars? 1945 dollars? Is each year adjusted for inflation? Are these millions of dollars? Billions of dollars? I am assuming they are total dollars spent by all consumers, and not amount sent per capita because of the scale - I expect people spent more than $100 per person in a year and far less than $100,000 per person in a year - but who is to know when there are no units?