Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight - Race, Class, and Power in the Rural South During the First World War - Paperback - 2004

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.
Year of publication: 2004
Pagination: 280 pages, 2 maps
Format: Paperback