Introduction: The U.S. Government And American Society: 1939-1941. 1. Isolationism in the U.S. 1939-1941: · the impact of major losses during World War I and the devastating impact of the Great Depression created a strong current of isolationism in the U.S.
; · the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939 exacerbated the situation, especially in the U.S. Congress; · President Roosevelt had to address isolationism and the need to support England during a period of major German successes, leading to the Lend-Lease program, etc. 2. Detailed analysis of the key U.S. Government departments and agencies (e.g.
, The War Department): 3. Detailed analysis of key economic indices (e.g., the Gross Domestic Product; interest rates; unemployment rates; per capita income; U.S. government revenues and expenditures; etc.) as they approached the outbreak of war. 4.
Detailed analysis of the U.S. media and the entertainment industries (e.g., circulation and attendance at events; revenues and expenditures; etc. ) as they approached the outbreak of war. Chapter 1: After Pearl Harbor: The U.S.
Government and the Media and Entertainment Industries: December 1941-to Mid-1942. 1. The mission, activities, and goals of the Office of War Information (OWI; est. June 13, 1942; Executive Order 9182): · analysis of Executive Order 9182 and the mission-strategies and organizational structure of OWI: personnel; budget; outreach activities to the communications and entertainment industries; · analysis of the early activities of OWI (e.g., radio shows; Voice of America; "This Is Our Enemy;" etc.); OWI Bureau of Motion Pictures (liaison with the War Department; the Office of Strategic Services, OSS; etc.); newspapers and foreign war reporters; magazines and depiction of life during the war; 2.
The initial mission, activities, and goals of other U.S. Government departments and agencies · initial attempts to finance wartime spending and domestic borrowing · wage controls; · the state of the U.S. economy; etc. · campaigns to generate support for price controls, rationing, mobilization, etc.; · the U.S.
Government''s realization in early 1942 that they needed to forge an alliance with the media and entertainment industries to create and maintain support for the war. Chapter 2: 1942-1945: The U.S. Government and Book Publishers Confront the War 1. The state of the U.S. book publishing industry in 1942 · number of publishing firms · new title output (statistical data from the R.R.
Bowker Company; N.B.: paper was rationed during World War II): 1939: 10,640; 1940: 11,328; 1941: 11,112; 1942: 9,525; 1943: 8,325; 1944: 6,970; 1945: 6,548; 1946: 7,735; · bestsellers (e.g., number one adult trade hardcover fiction books; fiction and non-fiction bestselling statistical data is available from Publishers Weekly) : 1939: John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath . 1940: Richard Llewellyn. How Green Was My Valley; 1941: A.
J. Cronin. The Keys of the Kingdom ; 1942: Franz Werfel. The Song of Bernadette ; 1943: Lloyd C. Douglas. The Robe ; 1944: Lillian Smith. Strange Fruit. 1945: Kathleen Winsor.
Forever Amber; 1946: Daphne du Maurier. The King''s General . · revenues; · when books went to war: U.S. book publishers gave away 122,951,031 books during World War II; the army and the navy endorsed the program , and in July of 1943, began distributing these books to military personnel in Europe and the Pacific; · list of some of the major books in this innovative program,. Chapter 3: 1942-1945: The U.S. Government Magazines Confont the War 1.
Analysis of the various magazine strategies and structures crafted to market the war; 2. Detailed analysis of magazine revenues (in millions of dollars; in The Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years): · 1939: total: $180; weeklies $88; women''s $49; monthlies $34; farm: $12. · 1945: total: $365; weeklies $188; women''s $97; monthlies $59; farm: $20. 3. Circulation (i.e., circ) data before and during the war; 4. The impact of magazine cover, articles, photographs, and art work (e.
g., Norman Rockwell); 5. Detailed evaluation of magazine industry''s successes, failings, and frustrations working with various U.S. Government agencies and departments during the war, and the impact of censorship on magazine''s operations and coverage of the war (e.g., Time; Life; Look ; The Saturday Evening Post ; etc.).
Chapter 4: 1942-1945: The U.S. Government and Newspapers Confront the War 1. Analysis of the various strategies and structures crafted to market the war; 2. War combat correspondents and information about the war (e.g., the intense demands for maps about war and combat zones); 3. Detailed analysis of newspaper revenues (in millions of dollars; in The Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years): · 1939: total $153; national $640; local $180.
· 1945: total $921; national $211; local $710. 4. Circulation data before and during the war; 5. Detailed evaluation of their successes, failings, and frustrations working with various U.S. Government agencies and departments during the war and the impact of censorship on operations and coverage of the war (e.g., The New York Times; The Wall Street Journal ; news services; etc.
). Chapter 5: 1942-1945: The U.S. Government and Radio Confront the War. 1. Analysis of the various strategies and structures crafted by the diverse advertising industries to market the war; 2. Detailed information about advertising expenditures (in millions of dollars; in The Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years): · 1939 advertising expenditures: total $1,980; national $1,086; local $895. · 1945 advertising expenditures: total $2,975; national $1,775; local $1,099.
3. Detailed information about radio advertising revenues (in millions of dollars; in The Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years); · 1939: total $184; network $99; spot $35; local $50; · 1945: total $424; network $198; spot $92 ; local $134. 4. Local and national radio stations and networks battle with newspapers for revenues and impact: · key radio shows during the war (The "Golden Age" of Radio;" Jack Benny; etc.). 5. Detailed evaluation of radio''s successes, failings, and frustrations working with various U.S.
Government agencies and departments during the war; and the impact of censorship on radio''s operations and coverage of the war. Chapter 6: 1942-1945: The U.S. Government and the Entertainment Industries Confront the War 1. Analysis of the various strategies and structures crafted to market and finance the war; 2. U.S. motion picture box-office revenues during the war years: · &nb.