The first strange place
the alchemy of race and sex in World War II Hawaii
Edición de la obra The first strange place
| Autor | Beth L. Bailey |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Free Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1992 |
| Lugar | New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 270 |
| ISBN-10 | 0029012228 |
| OCLC | 26854814 |
| LCCN | 92036559 |
| Número de Cutter | B154f |
Hundreds of thousands of men and women went to Hawaii during World War II expecting a Hollywood image of "paradise." What they found was radically different : a complex crucible in which diverse elements--social, racial, sexual--were mingled and transmuted in the heat and strain of war.