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

by Gerald E. Shenk

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403961778
• ISBN13: 9781403961778
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"