Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight: Race, Class, and Power in the Rural South During the First World War

by Jeanette Keith

Book Overview

During World War I, thousands of rural southern men, black and white, refused to serve in the military. Some failed to register for the draft, while others deserted after being inducted. In the countryside, armed bands of deserters defied local authorities; capturing them required the dispatch of federal troops into three southern states.

Jeanette Keith traces southern draft resistance to several sources, including whites' long-term political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807855626
• ISBN13: 9780807855621
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"