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Decades of the 20th Century: The 40s

A selected list of books on the history, music, fashions, politics and events of the decades.

20's -- 30's -- 40's -- 50's -- 60's -- 70's -- 80's

The 40's
305.260971 COL Collins, Robert. You Had to Be There: An Intimate Portrait of the Generation that survived a Depression, won the War and re-invented Canada. 1997
306.409044 HAL Hall, Carolyn. The Forties in Vogue. 1985
327.1720971 SOC
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Socknat, Thomas. Witness Against War: Pacifism in Canada, 1900-1945. 1987
391.09 DEI De la Haye, Amy. Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads and Skaters: Subcultural Style From the Forties to the Nineties. 1996
391.973 EVE Everyday Fashions of the Forties: As Pictured in Sears Catalogs. 1992
391.072 DOR Dorner, Jane. Fashion in the Forties and Fifties. 1975
809.3044 TRI Trilling, Diana. Reviewing the Forties. 1978
909.825 HAR Harris, Nathaniel. The Forties and Fifties: An Illustrated History in Colour. 1975
917.303 TIM This Fabulous Century. V.5. 1940-1950. 1970.
940.5315042 IF If Kisses were Roses: a 50th Anniversary Tribute to War Brides: Canada Remembers. 1996
940.540971 BER Bercuson, David Jay. Maple Leaf against the Axis: Canada's Second World War. 1994
940.540971 DOU Douglas, W.A.B. Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War. 1994
940.548171 BAR Barris, Theodore. Days of Victory: Canadians remember: 1939-1945. 1995
971.0632 BAU Baum, Daniel Jay. Times Past: 1947. 1999
971.0632 FRA Franklin, Stephen. A Time of Heroes 1940/1950. 1977
Script Music Books
781.63 MOR More Songs of the Forties. 1994
Videos
791.43617 GRE Great Stars of Film and Radio the Fabulous 40's. 1992
796.357 BAS Sixth Inning: 1940-1950, the National Pastime. 1994
940.540971 CAN Canada at War 1 - Dusk/Blitzkrieg. 1989
940.540971 CAN Canada at War 2 - Year of Siege/ Days of infamy. 1989
940.540971 CAN Canada at War 5 - Norman Summer/Cinderella on the Left. 1989
940.540971 CAN Canada at War 6 - Crisis on the Hill/V was for Victory/Clouded Dawn. 1989
973.917 AME America in the 40's 1940-1942. 1998
973.917 AME America in the 40's 1942-1945. 1998
973.917 AME America in the 40's 1945-1949. 1998

Subject Headings - For more information on this topic, please search the library Catalogue under these subject headings.
• Canada - History - 1939-1945
• Canada - Social conditions - 20th century
• Costume - History - 20th Century
• Costume - United States - History - 20th Century
• Manners & customs - History - 20th Century
• World War, 1939-1945 - Canada

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