Uncle Sam wants you
Subtitle: World War I and the making of the modern American citizen
By: Christopher Capozzola.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780195335491
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- United States; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Consensus (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Patriotism -- United States -- History; Citizenship -- United States -- History; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: The spirit of selective service : conscription and coercion; title: Between God and country : objecting to the wartime state; title: The obligation to volunteer : women and coercive voluntarism; title: Policing the home front : from vigilance to vigilantism; title: Responsible speech : rights in a culture of obligation; title: Enemy aliens : loyalty and the birth of the surveillance state; title: Armistice and after.