{"product_id":"the-first-strange-place-9780801848674","title":"The First Strange Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a million soldiers, sailors and marines, Hawaii was the \"first strange place\" on a journey to war - and to the new American post-war society. Drawing on documents, diaries, memoirs and interviews, this book shows how these changes were tested and explored in the environment of wartime Hawaii.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe First Strange Place is in the great tradition of oral history and yet it makes marvelous use of archival records-I was reminded both of Studs Terkel's sensitive ear and of Shelby Foote's sweeping vision. Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: December 7, 1941\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Wartime Hawaii and American Identity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Into the War Zone\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Culture of Heroes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Hotel Street Sex\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Strangers in a Strange Land\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Fragile Connections\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527609688407,"sku":"9780801848674","price":29.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801848674.jpg?v=1731868530","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-first-strange-place-9780801848674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}