"Prepared under the auspices of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York and the National Endowment for the Humanities"

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [173]-204.

World War II and the Bill of Rights / Richard Polenberg -- Hollywood and the politics of representation : women, workers, and African-Americans in World War II movies / Clayton R. Koppes -- Creating "common ground" on the home front : race, class, and ethnicity in a 1940s quarterly magazine / William C. Beyer -- "My children are my jewels" : Italian-American generations during World War II / George E. Pozzetta -- Remembering Rosie : advertising images of women in World War II / Maureen Honey -- Women defense workers in World War II : views on gender equality in Indiana / Nancy F. Gabin -- "The vice admiral" : Margaret Chase Smith and the investigation of congested areas in wartime / Janann Sherman -- Did the "good war" make good workers? / John Modell -- Bad news from the good war : democracy at home during World War II / Roger Daniels.