Rainbow at Midnight details the origins and evolution of working-class strategies for independence during and after World War II. Arguing that the 1940s may well have been the most revolutionary decade in U.S. history, George Lipsitz combines popular culture, politics, economics, and history to show how war mobilization transformed the working class and how that transformation brought issues of race, gender, and democracy to the forefront of American political culture. This book is a substantially revised and expanded work developed from the author's heralded 1981 Class and Culture in Cold War America.

Although a rainbow in the night sounds impossible, maybe even mythical, these striking "moonbows" are indeed a real but rare phenomenon. Just like solar rainbows, lunar rainbows are formed by the refraction of light in many water droplets, but the light source for a lunar rainbow is moonlight rather than sunlight. Because the light reflecting off the moon is much less intense than the light of the sun, it is difficult for the human eye to detect the colors in a lunar rainbow. To the human eye, a rainbow in the night may appear grey or white. However, all the colors are indeed present, and do become visible in long exposure photographs. In many ways, my life parallels a rainbow in the night. At times I felt dark, devoid of color and meaning, but all along every bright and beautiful hue was visible to my Creator. Just like the radiant colors of a moonbow are revealed by a long exposure photograph, after decades of walking with the Lord, vivid shades are emerging from my darkness. Over the years, the Lord has made visible to me the luminous colors of my life, colors that had been previously veiled from my sight. Now, as the Lord has granted me deeper and deeper healing, and opened my eyes to the brilliance of His work in my life I have come to appreciate the fulfillment of His promises. I realize that I will not see the fullness of these colors until I can see this rainbow more clearly from an eternal perspective. But in the meantime, I'd like to share what the Lord has shown me as I can perceive it from my finite perspective.

"A Rainbow in the Night" is Lapierre's epic account of South Africa's tragic history and the heroic men and women--famous and obscure, white and black--who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation.

Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day. Beginning with the circumstances in which you are likely to see a rainbow and descriptions of its salient features, this book recounts and explains the myths and superstitions about rainbows, and describes how poets, painters and, above all, leading scientists in every age have sought to discover and understand the rainbow’s secrets. Readers with a love of nature and art and an interest in the history of science will enjoy this attractive and informative book.