When Dreams Came True: GI Bill and the Making of Modern America - Hardcover

Bennett, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574880411 ISBN 13: 9781574880410

Publisher: Brassey's Inc, 1996

Synopsis

This work describes the making of modern America by the passage of the GI Bill in 1944 and the initiative of hundreds of thousands of ambitious veterans. This landmark legislation enabled them to become educated and to own their own homes and businesses. 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 movements, the growth and dominance of the suburbs, a prosperous blue-collar work force, and the proliferation during the 1950s and 60s of fast-food franchises, interstate highways, supermarkets, motel chains, malls and discount stories. In short, the GI Bill changed the face of America. Author Michael Bennett shows that it was even responsible for today's information society.

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From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brassey's Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1574880411
• ISBN 13: 9781574880410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448