More Details

Summary:

"During World War II the United States mobilized its industrial assets to become the great "Arsenal of Democracy" through the cooperation of the government and private firms. The Dallas Story examines a specific aviation factory, operated by the North American Aviation (NAA) company in Dallas, Texas. Terrance Furgerson explores the construction and opening of the factory, its operation, its relations with the local community, and the closure of the facility at the end of the war. Prior to the opening of the factory in 1941, the city of Dallas had practically no existing industrial base. Despite this deficiency, the residents quickly learned the craft of manufacturing airplanes, and by the time of the Pearl Harbor attack the NAA factory was mass-producing the AT-6 trainer aircraft. The entry of the United States into the war brought about an enlargement of the NAA factory, and the facility began production of the B-24 Liberator bomber and the famed P-51 Mustang fighter. By the end of the war the Texas division of NAA had manufactured nearly 19,000 airplanes, making it one of the most prolific U.S. factories"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Genesis, 1938-39
• Awakenings, 1939-40
• Maneuvering for position, 1940
• Dallas
• Housing, 1941-42
• Plains to planes
• Dedicated to national defense
• Dis-organized labor
• Training planes and teething pains, 1941
• The final months of peace, October-December 1941
• Expansion, 1942
• Life during wartime, 1942
• Turbulence ahead
• Crisis, 1943
• Dustup in Dallas
• Grouse hunt
• Double dutch
• Aftermath
• A well-oiled machine, January-August 1944

• The sky's the limit, August 1944-August 1945
• Epilogue: The Phoenix.

View 2 more lines View less

Author/Creator:

Furgerson, Terrance, 1960- , author

Contributors:

University of North Texas Press , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Dallas story: the North American Aviation plant and industrial mobilization during World War II [by Furgerson, T.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Dallas story [by Furgerson, T.] (Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2023 — ISBN 9781574419016; LCCN 2022048761)

Related Series:

War and the Southwest series; no. 16

Subjects:

North American Aviation — History

Airplane factories — Texas — Dallas — History — 20th century

Aircraft industry — Military aspects — Texas — Dallas — History — 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 — Economic aspects — Texas — Dallas

North American airplanes (Military aircraft) — Design and construction — History

Industrial mobilization — United States — History — 20th century

North American Aviation

Aircraft industry — Military aspects

Airplane factories

Economics

Industrial mobilization

North American airplanes (Military aircraft) — Design and construction

Texas — Dallas

United States

World War (1939-1945)

1900-1999

Aircraft industry

North American airplanes (Military aircraft)

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
(Copy 1) Bound in publisher's red paper-covered boards with gilt titles. Retains original illustrated dust jacket.

Physical Description:

xi, 403 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

monochrome; illustration

Call Numbers:

F394.D2157 F87 2023

ISBNs:

9781574418934 (cloth)
1574418939 (cloth)
9781574419016 (ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022048760

OCLC Numbers:

1348504736