Product Description: The most momentous decade in London’s colorful history was one of huge contrasts. The war provided a heady brew of fear, bravery, stoicism, cowardice and crime, set to a background of popular music from Glenn Miller and Vera Lynn...read more

Product Description: In America in the Forties, Goldberg energetically argues that the decade of the 1940s was one of the most influential in American history, a period marked by war, sacrifice, and profound social changes. With superb detail, Goldberg traces the entire decade from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression through the conflicts with Europe and Japan, to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age...read more

"A fascinating narrative… Great stories, remarkable acts of patriotism…mark the indomitable spirit of humanity."—BooklistHere is a definitive look at fashion in the 1940s—from French style under the Occupation and the “make do and mend” approach to wartime clothing shortages through the development of faux fabrics, the rise of American fashion houses, and the New Look of the post- war period. The illustrations reveal the wide range of fashions and styles from the 1940s in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Japan. The lively text by fashion specialist Jonathan Walford details how fashion was considered not a frivolity but an aesthetic expression of circumstances in the 1940s. While Fascist states tried to create “national” styles before the war began, by 1940 the pursuit of beauty was promoted on both sides of the conflict as a patriotic duty. From prewar to postwar, we see attitudes emerge from period advertisements, images of real clothes, and firsthand accounts in contemporary publications. The result is a celebration of everything from practical and smart-looking attire for air raids (hooded capes with large pockets and siren suits) to street fashion and the creation of Christian Dior’s “New Look” collection in 1947. 196 color and 54 black-and-white illustrations

Product Description: Notable for its streamlined style and deco details, the ’40 Ford has gained in popularity among today’s classic car nostalgists and hot rodders who remember the models as monsters of the drag strip and as affordable first cars or hot rod platforms of their youth...read more

Product Description: America in the 1940s discusses the political, economic, social, cultural, and technology landscape of the United States in the fifth decade of the 20th century. Primary source quotations, engaging photographs, and a lively design bring the 1940s to life...read more

A facsimile reproduction of the food, fashion, fiction and fitness features that formed the backbone of Britain's wartime homemaking. Including stories and adverts, along with the cleaning and craft tips that defined the 'make do and mend' generation, it includes features ranging from managing without milk to how to get on with Americans.

Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, advances in medicine and technology, people, and world issues that made the 1940s a unique time in American and world history.

Learn about this crucial time in the history of the US and the world.

Text and pictures highlight the main events of the 1940s.

Product Description: The Decades of the Twentieth Century is an informative and richly illustrated portrait of the last one hundred years. All the important events between 1900 and 2000 are explained in text and photographs: political incidents, developments in science and technology, arts, literature and music, religion and philosophy, journeys of exploration and discovery, sports, pop culture, and changes in society and everyday life...read more

Discusses American popular culture of the 1940s, addressing such topics as politics, the middle class, the development of youth culture, advertising, architecture, fashion, food, leisure pursuits, literature, travel, and the arts. (view table of contents)

Explores the political, economic, and social conditions of the United States in the 1940s. (view table of contents)

Traces changes in fashion during the 40s and 50s including military styles, utility clothes, Dior glamour, and the modernist look. (view table of contents)

Traces the events and personalities that shaped the 1940s

Product Description: Fashion in the 1940s divides into two parts: pre and post New Look. The first period was dominated by World War II, when rationing affected the design of clothes for men and women. In 1947 Christian Dior's New Look brought a romantic revival: narrow, rounded shoulders, lightly padded hips and voluminous, billowing skirts introduced a new era of feminity and extravagence...read more

Product Description: Book by Barron, Ray

A survey of the culture of the 1940s includes discussions of the theater, movies, music, and social life

Examines life in the United States during and following World War II.

Photographs and front pages from the New York Times combine to document American and international political, military, social, and cultural development during the 1940s and the decade of World War II

Words and pictures recreate the wartime tensions and violence and the music, fashions, film stars, literature, and social upheavals that marked the 1940s