Rich man's war, poor man's fight : race, class, and power in the rural South during the first world war / Jeanette Keith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keith, Jeanette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Protest movements--Southern States.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Draft resisters--Southern States.

Social classes--Southern States--History--20th century.

Social classes.

Farmers--Southern States--Political activity--History--20th century.

Farmers.

Dissenters--Southern States--History--20th century.

Dissenters.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Southern States--Social conditions--1865-1945.

Southern States--Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During World War I, thousands of rural southern men, black and white, refused to serve in the military. Jeanette Keith trace this resistance; including whites' political opposition to militarism, southern blacks' reluctance to serve a nation that refused to respect their rights, and anger at class bias in federal conscription policies.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Southern Antimilitarists on the Eve of War; 2. Which War, Whose Fight?: White Southerners Debate the Declaration of War and the Draft, 1917; 3. Fathers, Farmers, and Christians; 4. Agrarian Protest Begins; 5. Race, Class, Gender, and Draft Dodging; 6. The Surveillance State Comes to Rural Shade: Propaganda and Domestic Espionage in the Southern Countryside; 7. Resistance; Epilogue: After the War; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-250) and index.

ISBN:

9798890878564

9780807875896

0807875899

OCLC:

476236935