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    from the Homefront: Perspectives of Asian American Parents with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons” I chose to write about this topic related to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) because since I was 15 years old I have been able to relate and I have had many friends who are of Asian (Oriental) extract. Also, I have also had a roommate who was from Bankcock Thailand. This critique will cover an article written by Alice Y. HOM titled, “Stories from the Homefront: Perspectives

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    During the civil war, both the northern and southern Homefront’s each had their own issues that involved the loyalty of the people and problems within the government. After initial setbacks, many northern civilians experienced an increase of wartime production. Throughout the war, iron production and coal mining reached their highest levels. Sales with merchant ships increased. During this time the railroads and the Erie Canal traffic rose over by half. Northern manufacturer’s profits became so high

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    Civilian Contributions During World War II on the American Homefront From the earliest times, war has existed as a painful reality. Stories are passed down from generation to generation about brave men fighting epic battles in ancient civilizations. Occasionally a different type of legend emerges: the homefront hero. Leaders in Ancient Greece and Rome are documented preventing panic and raising supplies for their distant armies. From then on through history, those left behind, from the leaders of

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    The First World War impacted significantly on the homefronts of the participating nations in many different social, political and economic areas. There was a widespread restructuring of primary industry with a large orientation towards militarism. There was massive political change where new systems of power were introduced that gave governments a range of new powers including the control over industry. The civilian population had severe restrictions placed upon their rights and liberties due to

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    American Homefront During World War II Essay

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    The American home front during World War II is recalled warmly in popular memory and cultural myth as a time of unprecedented national unity, years in which Americans stuck together in common cause. World War II brought many new ideas and changes to American life. Even though World War II brought no physical destruction to the United States mainland, it did affect American society. Every aspect of American life was altered by U.S. involvement in the war including demographics, the labor force, economics

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    Civilian Contributions During World War II on the American Homefront From the earliest times, war has existed as a painful reality. Stories are passed down from generation to generation about brave men fighting epic battles in ancient civilizations. Occasionally a different type of legend emerges: the homefront hero. In Ancient Greece and Rome, elderly statesmen prevented famine and raised supplies for their distant armies in wartime. From then on through history, those left behind, from the leaders

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    war pertained to the audience of the time. WWII revolved around the idea of freedom and liberating the fascist governments of Europe, the homefront back in the states was the war machine that kept the war churning. Millions of pages have been written about the experiences and battles during WWII, and still continue, not much in the way of the American homefront history has been written. Classical historicism reigned supreme early after the war, and historians saw that war was a major topic as it

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    airplanes, tanks, warships, rifles, and other armaments were essential to beating America’s aggressors (“The U.S. Homefront”). Most of the workers were women. With many of men going into battle, women began securing jobs as welders, electricians, and riveters in defense plants (“The U.S. Homefront”). Until that time, most of those jobs were strictly for men only (“The U.S. Homefront”). Women’s pay was still much less even with women taking men’s jobs during the war. In the 1940’s, women only made

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    Courage, Controversy, and Sacrifice: World War II: Homefront USA, is a video that informs students and others about what World War II was like, from the United States point of view. The video presents hardships of the war and how things have changed in this country since the war. It talks about many important subjects of the war like Japanese internment camps, women on the workforce, and what was going on in the homes of soldiers away overseas. Homefront USA is mostly subjective because only one side

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    Total War Research Paper

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    atmosphere of going to war to fight for King and Country had died down. This resulted in the Defence of the Realm Act, known as DORA where all civilians were expected to contribute to the war effort. A historians studying the impact of the war on the homefront, would find sources 12.10 and 12.14 of use, because these sources demonstrate how Britain was in a state of total war, how desperate the government was to keep the soldiers at the front lines and how WWI ultimately altered the lives of many civilians

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