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02458aam a22003974a 4500 001 C1B31936F99511E684B465D4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170810011122 008 160309s2015 nyuab b 001|0 eng d 020 $a 1619257416 020 $a 9781619257412 040 $d SILO 050 $a HC 106 4 $b T45 2015 245 10 $a This is who we were: $b in the 1940s / $c based on material from Grey House Publishing Working Americans series by Scott Derks. 264 1 $a Amenia, NY: $b Grey House Publishing, $c c[2015] 300 $a 579 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 29 cm. 500 $a "World War II: How we prepared, fought, and recovered -- How we worked -- How we dressed -- How we spent money -- How we relaxed -- How we traveled -- U.S. Census comparisons & rakings and state-by-state census data"--Cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-573) and index. 505 0 $a Profiles -- Historical snapshots -- Economy of the times -- All around us: What we saw, wrote, read & listened to -- Census data. 520 $a A companion to the 1940 Census, This is Who We Were provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using material from the 1940 Census, readers will find richly-illustrated personal profiles, economic data, and national events to give meaning and depth to what life was like in 1940 as the country was emerging from depression, but on the verge of war. Next, a wide range of data from the 1940 and 2010 Census are put side-by-side so users can easily see differences and similarities over these past 70 years 650 0 $a Nineteen forties. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 1918-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Civilization $y 1918-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Civilization $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1945-1953. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Derks, Scott. 941 $a 3 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230112010552.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20190606010528.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20180512010035.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1B31936F99511E684B465D4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search