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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index
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