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When dreams came true : the GI Bill and the making of modern America /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, c1996.Description: xvi, 336 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1574880411
  • 9781574880410
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: When dreams came true.DDC classification:
  • 306/.0973 20
LOC classification:
  • HN58 .B427 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
A new life -- Patterns of abuse -- Makers of a silent revolution -- Showdown on Pennsylvania Avenue -- A superintending providence -- Rendezvous with destiny -- Coming home -- Storming the campus -- Making modern America -- Can dreams come true again?
Review: "When Dreams Came True is the inspiring history of how millions of World War II veterans and their families achieved the American dream - an education, a home, a stable and profitable career, and ownership of their own business. More than any other law, the GI Bill was responsible for the post-World War II explosion in college graduates, the education of leaders of the civil rights movement, the growth and dominance of the suburbs, and the proliferation of interstate highways, supermarkets, and franchise stores and restaurants. Quite literally, the GI Bill changed the way we live, the way we house ourselves, the way we are educated, how we work and at what, even how we eat and transport ourselves." -- Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 306.0973 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HN58 .B56 1996 1 Available 34517000100779

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.

A new life -- Patterns of abuse -- Makers of a silent revolution -- Showdown on Pennsylvania Avenue -- A superintending providence -- Rendezvous with destiny -- Coming home -- Storming the campus -- Making modern America -- Can dreams come true again?

"When Dreams Came True is the inspiring history of how millions of World War II veterans and their families achieved the American dream - an education, a home, a stable and profitable career, and ownership of their own business. More than any other law, the GI Bill was responsible for the post-World War II explosion in college graduates, the education of leaders of the civil rights movement, the growth and dominance of the suburbs, and the proliferation of interstate highways, supermarkets, and franchise stores and restaurants. Quite literally, the GI Bill changed the way we live, the way we house ourselves, the way we are educated, how we work and at what, even how we eat and transport ourselves." -- Jacket.

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