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Paperback Los Angeles in World War II Book

ISBN: 073858181X

ISBN13: 9780738581811

Los Angeles in World War II

(Part of the Images of America: California Series)

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During World War II, the Los Angeles region underwent rapid industrial growth as Kaiser Steel opened a giant mill in Fontana, and the aircraft giants--North American Aviation, Lockheed, Douglas, and Hughes--expanded with war contracts. The war economy's demographic and ethnic dimensions included women and African Americans entering factory work and troops streaming through Union Station to San Pedro for embarkation. The Zoot Suit Riots defined the...

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