The 1940s

  • The 1940s
    The 1940s
    By Michael V. Uschan

    The only no vote was cast by Representative Jeannette Rankin , a pacifist from Montana , who had also voted against fighting in World War I. Both of Rankin's no votes cost her her seat in the following elections . four planes before ...

  • The 1940s
    The 1940s
    By Robert Sickels

    Amy de la Haye and Cathie Dingwall, Surfers Soulies Skinheads and Skaters (Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1996), n.p. 20. de La Haye and Dingwall, n.p. 21. "Zoot Suit Riots," Zoots by Suavecito's,

  • The 1940s: Secrets
    The 1940s: Secrets
    By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler

    In 1944 Gabriella, Esther, and other young people see the impact of World War II on their lives in the United States.

  • The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction
    The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction
    By Philip Tew, Glyn White

    Everyday Life as Alternative Space in Exile Writing: The Novels of Anna Gmeyner, Selma Kahn, Hilde Spiel, Martina Wied and Hermynia Zur Mühlen. ... 'Translating Cultures and Languages: Exile Writers between German and English'.

  • The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction
    The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction
    By Philip Tew, Glyn White

    Kristin Bluemel proposes the term 'intermodernism' to conceptualize this in-between writing of the 1930s and 1940s and identifies three key elements in these texts: 'cultural features (intermodernists typically represent working-class ...

  • The 1940s
    The 1940s
    By Stephen Feinstein

    A decade of invention, adaptation, and creation, the 1940s were also a time of world conflict.

  • The 1940s: The Ukulele Decade Series
    The 1940s: The Ukulele Decade Series
    By Hal Leonard Corp.

    (Ukulele). Ukulele arrangements for 80 favorites from WWII and the ensuing post-war years of the 1940s: At Last * Bewitched * Come Rain or Come Shine * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * How High the Moon * I'm Beginning to See the Light * ...

  • The 1940s
    The 1940s
    By Louise I. Gerdes

    Fulfills the standards: "Culture," "Individuals, Groups, and Institutions," "Power, Authority, and Governance," and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for High School.Fulfills...

  • The 1940s
    The 1940s
    By Nance Lui Fyson

    Covers the news of the decade year by year, including coverage of the war and scientific advances over the ten year period.