Planning the Home Front: Webinar on How the Lessons of WWII Apply to Today
The University of Maryland Urban Studies and Planning Program and the National Center for Smart Growth’s 2014 Brown Bag Webinar Series continues with |
Planning the Home Front: How the Lessons of World War II Apply to Today Presentation by Sarah Jo Peterson Wednesday, April 23 |
Preinkert Field House – Conference Room 1112V University of Maryland College Park |
![]() Drawing on her recently released book, Planning the Home Front: Building Bombers and Communities at Willow Run, Sarah Jo Peterson shows how the federal government used a participatory planning approach to mobilize the home front. For the massive Willow Run Bomber Plant, The presentation will close by engaging the audience in a discussion about what the lessons of urban planning for World War II mean for today. SARAH JO PETERSON,has spent over 20 years in urban planning, with experience in government, academia, and the non-profit sector. She received a M.S. in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin—Madison and a Ph.D. in American history from Yale University. She currently resides in Maryland. Planning the Home Front, published by the University of Chicago Press, is a work of independent scholarship. |