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FROM CELERY CITY TO NAVY TOWN: THE IMPACT OF NAVAL AIR STATION SANFORD DURING WORLD WAR II
- Date Issued:
- 2010
- Abstract/Description:
- This thesis examines how Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford impacted the nearby city economically, demographically, and socially during World War II. City commission minutes, newspapers, and census data highlight the efforts of city leaders and their cooperation with the federal government to get a naval base established at Sanford. Thereafter, it assesses the ways in which a naval base garnered economic and demographic development, and organizing among African Americans in a southern city.
Title: | FROM CELERY CITY TO NAVY TOWN: THE IMPACT OF NAVAL AIR STATION SANFORD DURING WORLD WAR II. |
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Name(s): |
Metzger V, Lewis, Author Cassanello, Robert, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2010 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | This thesis examines how Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford impacted the nearby city economically, demographically, and socially during World War II. City commission minutes, newspapers, and census data highlight the efforts of city leaders and their cooperation with the federal government to get a naval base established at Sanford. Thereafter, it assesses the ways in which a naval base garnered economic and demographic development, and organizing among African Americans in a southern city. | |
Identifier: | CFE0003349 (IID), ucf:48439 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
2010-08-01 M.A. Arts and Humanities, Department of History Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): |
New Deal World War II Social History naval bases |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003349 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public | |
Host Institution: | UCF |