Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight: Race, Class, and Power in the Rural South During the First World War by Jeanette Keith

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

Jeanette Keith

260 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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During World War I, thousands of rural southern men, black and white, refused to serve in the military. Some failed to register for the draft, while others deserted after being inducted. In the countryside, armed bands of deserters defied local au...

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