"Work or Fight!"
Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One
(Sprache: Englisch)
During World War I, the US demanded that all able-bodied adult men "work or fight." But fighting was mostly assigned to single white men who were not engaged in "productive" work. White men who were proper husbands and fathers, owned property, or worked at...
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During World War I, the US demanded that all able-bodied adult men "work or fight." But fighting was mostly assigned to single white men who were not engaged in "productive" work. White men who were proper husbands and fathers, owned property, or worked at approved jobs, and who participated in civic activities, had the full benefits of citizenship without fighting. Women, men of color, and poor white men were often barred from achieving these benefits. This book uses the records of local draft boards and state draft officials in Georgia, New Jersey, Illinois, and California to tell the stories of men and women whose lives were touched by the Selective Service System.
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During World War I the U.S. demanded that all able-bodied men work or fight. White men who were husbands and fathers, owned property or worked at approved jobs had the benefits of citizenship without fighting. Others were often barred from achieving these benefits. This book tells the stories of those affected by the Selective Service System.
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Introduction 'The Finest Type of Manhood': Local Government and the Grounding of White Manhood Picking 'The Flowers of American Manhood': Local Draft Boards and Their Communities 'The Darkness in Georgia': State Selective Service in Georgia A Man is No Man That is Not Willing To Fight: State Selective Service in Illinois 'He's His mother's Boy; Go and Get Him': State Selective Service in New Jersey 'But No Negroes': State Selective Service in California 'The Final Report'
Autoren-Porträt von G. Shenk
GERALD SHENK is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Menterey Bay, USA.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: G. Shenk
- 2008, 2005., 194 Seiten, Maße: 16,1 x 23,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1403961778
- ISBN-13: 9781403961778
Sprache:
Englisch
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