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Title: The Second Gold Rush: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II by Marilynn S. Johnson ISBN: 0-520-20701-7 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good local history
Comment: This book brought home some facts about the explosive growth that occured in the East Bay as a result of World War II, especially in Richmond. It also helps explain a lot of the migration and subsequent types of job creation that are still with us today as a result. I found the background on Kaiser - making ships, creating health plans and hospitals as a result - particularly interesting.
Rating: 4
Summary: Informative chronicle of East Bay life during WWII
Comment: Anyone interested in the history of the east side of the San Francisco Bay during the 20th century will enjoy this book. Johnson employs a social historian's approach to explain what happened to the Richmond and Oakland from 1941 to 1945 and how the war years affected the Midwesterners and Southerners (and others) that came to the Bay Area and the natives that they encountered. The book successfully portrays aspects of Bay Area history such as huge shipyards, temporary war housing and rowdy downtown night-life that, for the most part, are no longer visible. Johnson also outlines some of the political movements that developed during the WWII years and how they affected post-war Oakland and Richmond. Johnson's discussion of the politics of the late '40s and early '50s is informative and interesting but also brief; this may somewhat frustrate anyone interested in the political history of the region. Overall, this is an informative, well-written book.
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Title: American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America) by Robert O. Self ISBN: 0691070261 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel by Chester Himes ISBN: 1560254459 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis ISBN: 0679738061 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California by James N. Gregory ISBN: 0195071360 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II (Critical Issue) by Roger Daniels, Eric Foner ISBN: 0809015536 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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