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Whiskey, women, and war : how the Great War shaped Jim Crow New Orleans / Brian Altobello.
Van Pelt Library F379.N557 A95 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altobello, Brian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- New Orleans (La.)--History.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 264 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans surveys the various ways the city confronted the demands of World War I. Author Brian Altobello analyzes the mobilization of the local population in terms of enlistments and war bond sales and addresses the anti-vice crusade meant to safeguard the American war effort. He studies the political fistfight over women's suffrage, as New Orleans's Gordon sisters demanded the vote predicated on the preservation of white supremacy. Finally, he examines race relations in the city, as African Americans were integrated into the city's war effort and cultural landscape even as Jim Crow was firmly established. Ultimately, the volume brings to life this history of a city which endured WWI in its own singular style"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Scent of War
- ch. 2 La Nouvelle-Orleans
- ch. 3 "Abandoned to Lewdness"
- ch. 4 "That Barbaric Throb"
- ch. 5 Rex, Comus, and the War's Approach
- ch. 6 Answering Behrman's Call
- ch. 7 "Buy Bonds or Bye Bye Liberty"
- ch. 8 "First I Want to Handle Reverse Gear"
- ch. 9 "Neither Hyphens nor Slackers among Us"
- ch. 10 "We Were among Wolves"
- ch. 11 Hunting Witches: The American Protective League
- ch. 12 New Orleans: No "Puritan Mother"
- ch. 13 Suffrage: "Hearing the Click"
- ch. 14 Wielding the "Sword of Righteousness".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Altobello, Brian, Whiskey, women, and war
- ISBN:
- 9781496835093
- 1496835093
- OCLC:
- 1240830288
- Publisher Number:
- 99988357133
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