02710nam 2200625Ia 450 991096538010332120200520144314.09786611368869978128136886712813688659781403980847140398084510.1057/9781403980847(CKB)1000000000343036(SSID)ssj0000273899(PQKBManifestationID)11221513(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273899(PQKBWorkID)10322784(PQKB)10754517(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8084-7(MiAaPQ)EBC308412(Perlego)3497273(EXLCZ)99100000000034303620050413d2005 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccr"Work or fight!" race, gender, and the draft in World War One /Gerald E. Shenk1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (X, 194 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781403976970 140397697X 9781403961754 1403961751 Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-188) and index.Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: "The Darkness in Georgia" -- Chapter Two: Illinois: "A Man Is No Man That Is Not Willing to Fight" -- Chapter Three: New Jersey: "He's His Mother's Boy -- Go and Get Him" -- Chapter Four: California: "Please Forward Chinese, Japanese and American Indians, but no Negroes" -- Chapter Five: "The Final Report" -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.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.Recruiting and enlistmentUnited StatesArmed ForcesRecruiting, enlistment, etcWorld War, 1914-1918United StatesSocial conditions1865-1918Recruiting and enlistment.940.3/73Shenk Gerald E1814114SpringerLink (Online service)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965380103321"Work or fight!"4367735UNINA