Wartime Allocation of Textile and Apparel Resources
Emergency Policy in the Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11664433 |
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| Authors | Rachel Maines (0000-0001-7673-1377, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-51 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Public Historian (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3433 • E-ISSN: 1533-8576 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3377298 |
| OpenAlex | W2317269550 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The allocation of economic resources civilian populations in war can be treated as a problem in applied history, in which the goals and objectives of policy decisions in twentieth-century emergencies are weighed against their outcomes. An example of this process is the distribution of textiles and apparel noncombatants, for which the most important policy goal is, in the words of the War Production Board, to keep the civilian population in a healthy and productive condition. Like food resources, clothing and such essential textiles as blankets and surgical dressings are required for the survival of soldiers and civilians alike, so these resources cannot be reserved, even in the most dire emergencies, exclusively for military use, but must be allocated judiciously the entire population. How modern governments make such decisions depends on three factors: economics, the military situation, and ideology. Differences in these factors appear account for differences in policy results even when the goals and mechanisms of policy design and implementation are identical
Business · Clothing · Economic policy · Economics · Environmental health · Ideology · Operations management · Political science · Politics · Population · Textile · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · History · Law · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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