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Homefront
.
“Catherine Lutz, in this very important book, brilliantly examines the quiet and
deadly militarization of one American city, but really of our entire nation. She has
done a remarkable job of research. In vivid and powerful language, punctuated by
poignant interviews with the people of Fayetteville, North Carolina, she alerts us
to how our culture has been poisoned by preparations for war.”
—
, author of
A People’s History of the United States
and
You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
“One of the few studies of an American military community’s fortunes across a
whole century, and one of the best: rich in storytelling, history, and political com-
mentary, with implications far beyond Fayetteville.”
—
, author of
In the Shadow of War
“An important book that every American should read. Through a careful study of
a city and its army base, at once monstrous and ordinary, Lutz makes the history
and sociology of the United States come alive. Taking us from memories to mili-
tary spending, lynching to secret wars,
Homefront
shows us the devastating role the
military and preparedness have played in American life, culture, social relations,
and the economy. I learned something on every page.”
—
-
, author of
Veiled Sentiments
“Interweaving the local with the global, the ethnographic with the historical, and
race, gender, and class divisions with war, Catherine Lutz makes sharply original
contributions to our thinking about militarism and the military’s effects on local
economies and on civil rights. Carefully researched with fascinating detail while
breathtaking in its sweep,
Homefront
will be crucial to our understandings of war
and peace, place and economy, and race and gender justice as we face into the
twenty-
rst century.” —
, author of
Exotics at Home
“Lutz writes with grace, humanity, and wisdom about the underside of American
history, revealing how race, violence, and war have shaped our character as much
as freedom and independence. Her book is moving, deeply troubling, and unfor-
gettable. This is scholarship that matters.”
—
, author of
The Waterman’s Song
“Lutz skillfully conveys the complex interplay between social structures and indi-
vidual lives, and she does so with wit and panache. ...A wonderful book.”
—
, author of
The Stranger Next Door
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Homefront
AMilitary City and the American Twentieth Century
With photographs by elin O’Hara slavick
Beacon Press
Beacon Press
25 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892
www.beacon.org
Beacon Press books
are published under the auspices of
the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
© 2002 by Catherine Lutz
All rights reserved
First electronic reading edition 2002
Text design by Elizabeth Elsas
Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lutz, Catherine.
Homefront : a military city and the American twentieth century / Catherine Lutz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SBN 0-8070-5504-2
SBN 0-8070-5508-5 (hard)
1. Fayetteville (N.C.)—History, Military—20th century. 2. Fayetteville (N.C.)—Social conditions—20th
century. 3. Military bases—Social aspects—North Carolina—Fayetteville, Region—History—20th
century. 4. War and society—North Carolina—Fayetteville—History—20th century. 5. War and
society—United States—History—20th century. 6. United States—History, Military—20th century.
I. Title.
F264.F28 L88 2001
975.6'373—dc21
2001001820
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Homefront
.
“Catherine Lutz, in this very important book, brilliantly examines the quiet and
deadly militarization of one American city, but really of our entire nation. She has
done a remarkable job of research. In vivid and powerful language, punctuated by
poignant interviews with the people of Fayetteville, North Carolina, she alerts us
to how our culture has been poisoned by preparations for war.”
—
, author of
A People’s History of the United States
and
You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
“One of the few studies of an American military community’s fortunes across a
whole century, and one of the best: rich in storytelling, history, and political com-
mentary, with implications far beyond Fayetteville.”
—
, author of
In the Shadow of War
“An important book that every American should read. Through a careful study of
a city and its army base, at once monstrous and ordinary, Lutz makes the history
and sociology of the United States come alive. Taking us from memories to mili-
tary spending, lynching to secret wars,
Homefront
shows us the devastating role the
military and preparedness have played in American life, culture, social relations,
and the economy. I learned something on every page.”
—
-
, author of
Veiled Sentiments
“Interweaving the local with the global, the ethnographic with the historical, and
race, gender, and class divisions with war, Catherine Lutz makes sharply original
contributions to our thinking about militarism and the military’s effects on local
economies and on civil rights. Carefully researched with fascinating detail while
breathtaking in its sweep,
Homefront
will be crucial to our understandings of war
and peace, place and economy, and race and gender justice as we face into the
twenty-
rst century.” —
, author of
Exotics at Home
“Lutz writes with grace, humanity, and wisdom about the underside of American
history, revealing how race, violence, and war have shaped our character as much
as freedom and independence. Her book is moving, deeply troubling, and unfor-
gettable. This is scholarship that matters.”
—
, author of
The Waterman’s Song
“Lutz skillfully conveys the complex interplay between social structures and indi-
vidual lives, and she does so with wit and panache. ...A wonderful book.”
—
, author of
The Stranger Next Door
fi
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Homefront
AMilitary City and the American Twentieth Century
With photographs by elin O’Hara slavick
Beacon Press
Beacon Press
25 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892
www.beacon.org
Beacon Press books
are published under the auspices of
the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
© 2002 by Catherine Lutz
All rights reserved
First electronic reading edition 2002
Text design by Elizabeth Elsas
Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lutz, Catherine.
Homefront : a military city and the American twentieth century / Catherine Lutz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SBN 0-8070-5504-2
SBN 0-8070-5508-5 (hard)
1. Fayetteville (N.C.)—History, Military—20th century. 2. Fayetteville (N.C.)—Social conditions—20th
century. 3. Military bases—Social aspects—North Carolina—Fayetteville, Region—History—20th
century. 4. War and society—North Carolina—Fayetteville—History—20th century. 5. War and
society—United States—History—20th century. 6. United States—History, Military—20th century.
I. Title.
F264.F28 L88 2001
975.6'373—dc21
2001001820
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