ISBN:
0804778442
,
9780804778442
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 334 p.)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print versionC Original
DDC:
305.896073079476
Keywords:
African Americans History
;
20th century
;
California
;
Seaside
;
Minorities History
;
20th century
;
California
;
Seaside
;
Military towns Social aspects
;
United States
;
Military towns History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
African Americans History 20th century
;
Minorities History 20th century
;
Military towns Social aspects
;
Military towns History 20th century
;
African Americans Seaside
;
History
;
20th century
;
California
;
Minorities Seaside
;
History
;
20th century
;
California
;
Social Science
;
Geography
;
History
;
Military towns ; Social aspects
;
Minorities
;
Race relations
;
Social conditions
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
African Americans
;
Military towns
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
Seaside (Calif.) Race relations
;
History
;
20th century
;
Fort Ord (Calif.) Race relations
;
History
;
20th century
;
Seaside (Calif.) Social conditions
;
20th century
;
Fort Ord (Calif.) Race relations 20th century
;
History
;
Seaside (Calif.) Social conditions 20th century
;
Seaside (Calif.) Race relations 20th century
;
History
;
California ; Seaside
;
United States
;
California ; Fort Ord
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In 1917, Fort Ord was established in the tiny subdivision of Seaside, California. Over the course of the 20th century, it held great national and military importance-a major launching point for World War II operations, the first base in the military to undergo complete integration, the West Coast's most important training base for draftees in the Vietnam War, a site of important civil rights movements-until its closure in the 1990s. Alongside it, the city of Seaside took form. Racial Beachhead offers the story of this city, shaped over the decades by military policies of racial integration in
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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