Work or Fight! [electronic resource] : Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One
Shenk, Gerald.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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 enlistment.
United States - Armed Forces - Recruiting, enlistment, etc - World War, 1914-1918.
United States - History.
United States - Social conditions - 1865-1918.