Work or Fight! : Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One

Name: Work or Fight!
Brand: Palgrave USA
SKU: 9781403961778
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ISBN: 9781403961778

by G. Shenk

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1403961778

ISBN-13 9781403961778

Publisher Palgrave USA

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 11th, 2008

Print length 194 Pages

Product Classification: History of the Americas First World War Sociology: work & labour Sociology: work and labour History of the Americas First World War

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During World War I the U.S. demanded that all able-bodied men work or fight. White men who were husbands and fathers, owned property or worked at approved jobs had the benefits of citizenship without fighting. Others were often barred from achieving these benefits. This book tells the stories of those affected by the Selective Service System.

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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