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"Work or Fight!": Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One Hardcover - 2008

by G. Shenk


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During World War I, the US demanded that all able-bodied adult men "work or fight." But fighting was mostly assigned to single white men who were not engaged in "productive" work. White men who were proper husbands and fathers, owned property, or worked at approved jobs, and who participated in civic activities, had the full benefits of citizenship without fighting. Women, men of color, and poor white men were often barred from achieving these benefits. This book uses the records of local draft boards and state draft officials in Georgia, New Jersey, Illinois, and California to tell the stories of men and women whose lives were touched by the Selective Service System.

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  • Title "Work or Fight!": Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One
  • Author G. Shenk
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 194
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, UK
  • Date 2008-03-11
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781403961754 / 1403961751
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.12 x 0.66 in (24.23 x 15.54 x 1.68 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History, United States - Social conditions - 1865-1918
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005047658
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.373

About the author

GERALD SHENK is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Menterey Bay, USA.
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