Title Rich man's war, poor man's fight : race, class, and power in the rural South during the first world war / Jeanette Keith

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : map Contents Southern antimilitarists on the eve of war -- Which war, whose fight? : white Southerners debate the Declaration of War and the draft, 1917 -- Fathers, farmers, and Christians -- Agrarian protest begins -- Race, class, gender, and draft dodging -- The surveillance state comes to rural shade : propaganda and domestic espionage in the Southern countryside -- Resistance -- Epilogue : after the war Summary During World War I, thousands of rural southern men, black and white, refused to serve in the military. Jeanette Keith trace this resistance; including whites' political opposition to militarism, southern blacks' reluctance to serve a nation that refused to respect their rights, and anger at class bias in federal conscription policies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- Southern States World War, 1914-1918 -- Draft resisters -- Southern States Social classes -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Farmers -- Political activity -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Dissenters -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Military -- World War I. Dissenters Draft resisters Farmers -- Political activity Protest movements Race relations Rural conditions Social classes Social conditions Protestbewegung Unterdrückung Ethnische Beziehungen Soziale Situation Ländlicher Raum Weltkrieg 1914-1918 Kriegsdienstverweigerung Eerste Wereldoorlog. Verzet. Politieke oppositie. Dienstweigering. Platteland. SUBJECT Southern States -- Race relations Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004000 Southern States -- Rural conditions Subject Southern States USA -- Südstaaten Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004003685 ISBN 0807875899 9780807875896 9780807828977 0807828971 9780807855621 0807855626

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