Prairie forge [electronic resource] : the extraordinary story of the Nebraska scrap metal drive of World War II / James J. Kimble.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780803254152
- 0803254156
- Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- Nebraska -- History -- 20th century
- Scrap metals -- Recycling -- Nebraska -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Nebraska
- Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Nebraska -- History -- 20th century
- 940.53/1 23
- HD9975.U52 K57 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Home front, battlefront -- The scrap deficit; or how not to win a war -- Henry Doorly and the Nebraska plan -- Summertime scrapping in the city -- Mobilizing greater Nebraska -- The second-half comeback -- The Nebraska plan goes national -- Epilogue: home front, battlefront (revisited) -- Appendix: Nebraska county scrap results.
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