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Divisions : a new history of racism and resistance in America's World War II military / Thomas A. Guglielmo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guglielmo, Thomas A., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--Indian--History--20th century.
- United States--Armed Forces--Hispanic Americans--History--20th century.
- United States--Armed Forces--Asian Americans--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 'Divisions' draws together the history of race and the military; of high command and ordinary GIs; and of African Americans, white Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, arguing that racist divisions were a defining feature of America's World War II military.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Enlistment
- 1. The Jim Crow Boomerang
- 2. Enlisting and Excluding an "Enemy Race"
- Part II. Assignment
- 3. The Backbone of Segregation
- 4. Separate Segregations
- Part III. Classification
- 5. The Boundaries of Blackness
- Part IV. Training
- 6. Jim Crow in Uniform
- 7. Bonds and Barriers
- Part V. Fighting
- 8. Deploying Jim Crow
- 9. Brothers in Arms?
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-094035-2
- 0-19-093990-7
- OCLC:
- 1253437933
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