Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 194 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
140397697X
,
1403961778
,
1403961751
Content:
During World War I, US extended benefits of citizenship to white men, while men of colour, poor white men and women were denied the same. Using the records of local draft boards and state draft officials in New Jersey, Illinois and California, this book tells the stories of men and women whose lives were touched by this Selective Service System
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-188) and index
,
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: "The Darkness in Georgia"; Chapter Two: Illinois: "A Man Is No Man That Is Not Willing to Fight"; Chapter Three: New Jersey: "He's His Mother's Boy; Go and Get Him"; Chapter Four: California: "Please Forward Chinese, Japanese and American Indians, but no Negroes"; Chapter Five: "The Final Report"; Notes; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403961754
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Work or Fight! : Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One
Language:
English
