WE’VE GOT A JOB TO DO: Chicagoans...

WE’VE GOT A JOB TO DO: Chicagoans and World War II by Perry Duis and Scott LaFrance (Chicago Historical Society: $22.95; 146 pp., paperback original). Issued in conjunction with an ongoing exhibit, “A Job to Do” presents a vivid portrait of the city. The colorful array of posters, cartoons, labels, buttons, etc. supports the text, which focuses on how the war altered the traditional roles of women and minorities. Readers who lived through the war may recall their participation in scrap-metal drives and Civil Defense programs with fond nostalgia; baby-boomers who grew up amid the bitter divisiveness of Vietnam will be moved by the vision of a country united against a common enemy.