Loyalty in Time of Trial - The African American Experience During World War I

Informationen zum Autor Nina Mjagkij Klappentext Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Zusammenfassung Nearly 370!000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I! and some 400!000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject! Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology Introduction Chapter 1: The Land of Jim Crow: African Americans at the Eve of World War I Chapter 2: From Field to Factory: The Wartime Migration of African Americans Chapter 3: Fighting to Fight: The Struggle for Black Officers and Combat Soldiers Chapter 4: Raising a Jim Crow Army: The Mobilization and Training of African American Troops Chapter 5: Over There: African American Soldiers in France Chapter 6: Closing Ranks? African Americans on the Home Front Epilogue: Returning to Racism Documents Bibliographic Essay

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nina Mjagkij, Mjagkij Nina
• Mitarbeit: Nina Mjagkij (Herausgeber), Jacqueline M. Moore (Herausgeber), Mjagkij Nina (Herausgeber der Reihe), Moore Jacqueline M. (Herausgeber der Reihe)
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9780742570443
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-7044-3
• Seiten: 250
• Serien: The African American History Series; African American History; The African American Experience Series; The African American Experience Series; African American History; African American Experience
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I