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Title: The Post World War II Era: Size and Composition

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2018

ISBN: 978-3-319-89422-5

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89423-2_5

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Abstract: World War II had many direct and indirect effects on America. Directly, it lead to an increased participation of women in the labor force, the emergence and sustainability of the Military-Industrial Complex, and helped bring America out of the Great Depression. Indirectly, it contributed to much social change: greater college attendance as GIs sought college attendance after the War, and thus created a market for more colleges and universities. Indeed, the three-pronged college system in California (the University of California, the California State System, and the Junior College system), was arguably, the residual effects of the War (see Jencks and Reisman 1968); the Civil Rights Movement was spurred by returning GIs who faced discrimination back in the USA after risking their lives for their country. By all accounts, the post WW II period was characterized by and impressive array of economic and social changes. All this would change right around 1970 when the US experienced a severe economic down turn.

Url: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-89423-2_5

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Authors: Verdugo, Richard R.

Editors: Verdugo, Richard R.

Pages: 139-189

Volume Title: American Education and the Demography of the US Student Population, 1880 – 2014

Publisher: Springer

Publisher Location: Cham

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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