Soldiers to Citizens The G. I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation

Name: Soldiers to Citizens The G. I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation
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ISBN: 9780195331301

ISBN-10: 0195331303

ISBN-13: 9780195331301

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Authors: Suzanne Mettler

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The G.I. Bill fueled not only the development of the middle class: it also revitalized American democracy. Americans who came of age during World War II joined fraternal groups and neighborhood and community organizations and took part in politics at rates that made the postwar era the twentieth century's civic "golden age." Drawing on extensive interviews and surveys with hundreds of members of the "greatest generation," Suzanne Mettler finds that by treating veterans as first-class citizens and in granting advanced education, the Bill inspired them to become the active participants thanks to whom memberships in civic organizations soared and levels of political activity peaked. Mettler…

Book details

List price: $33.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.82" wide x 5.71" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Suzanne Mettler is the Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. Her most recent book is Soldiers to Citizens: The G.I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation.