Format:
1 Online-Ressource (263 p.)
ISBN:
9780817395292
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0817395296
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"Race and Gender at War is a collection of essays that illuminates ways that race and gender have persistently shaped the military history of the United States. Editors Lesley J. Gordon and Andrew J. Huebner showcase historians with varied research agendas in the field of "war and society," a fertile area of inquiry that shares space (and often overlaps) with operational studies inside the broader field of military history. Chronicling more than 150 years of American history, the essays in this volume demonstrate that the tensions and injustices surrounding race, gender, and the military remain relevant and controversial, and continue to roil American politics, society, and culture to this day. Spanning the two centuries from the 1830s to the present, the collection examines topics such as Choctaw Natives who served in the Confederate Army, the trailblazing but fraught experiences of Black servicemen from the Civil War through World War I, the hypersexualized images of World War II servicemen, and the varied and mutable roles of women in the armed services. Utilizing diverse methodologies, the book examines how these factors influenced everything from military policy to civilian experiences, encompassing topics like martial rhetoric, citizenship, propaganda, and patriotism. CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Adams / Amanda Bellows / Kari L. Boyd-Weisenberger / Michele Curran Cornell / Lesley J. Gordon / Andrew J. Huebner / Gregory Mixon / Caroline Wood Newhall / Heather Marie Stur / Patrick T. Troester / Chad L. Williams / Fay A. Yarbrough"-- Provided by publisher
Content:
"Fresh perspectives on the implications of gender and race in US military history from a diverse group of scholars in the field of war and society"-- Provided by publisher
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Description based upon print version of record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction | Lesley J. Gordon and Andrew J. Huebner -- 1. "Let Us Be Men and Texas Will Triumph": Race, Gender, and Nation in the Texas Revolution | Patrick T. Troester -- 2. Red Soldiers in Gray: Enlisting Confederate Choctaw Soldiers in the American Civil War | Fay A. Yarbrough -- 3. African American Military Service and Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century America | Amanda Bellows
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4. "It Is Not the Policy nor the Interest of the South to Destroy the Negro": Black Prisoners of War and the Intersection of Race, Property, and Law in the Confederacy | Caroline Wood Newhall -- 5. Race and Region in Post-Civil War US Army Recruiting | Kevin Adams -- 6. Robert Brown Elliott: Assistant Adjutant General, National Guard, South Carolina | Gregory Mixon -- 7. "A Class of People Far Superior": White Soldiers, Civilians, and Perceptions of Race and Class in the Spanish-American War | Kari L. Boyd-Weisenberger
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8. The Problem with Wolves: American Servicemen's Sexuality across the Two World Wars | Michele Curran Cornell -- 9. Gender, Sexual Orientation, and the US Military | Heather Marie Stur -- Epilogue: African Americans, World War I, and the Boundaries of Military History | Chad L. Williams -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Contributors -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817322113
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0817322116
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817361686
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0817361685
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Race and gender at war Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2024 ISBN 9780817322113
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817361686
Language:
English
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