Uncle Sam Wants You - World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen

Zusatztext This book demonstrates the singular significance of America's brief but crucial experience with modern war in 1917 and 1918. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Capozzola is an Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Klappentext A powerful account of America's first mass mobilization, revealing how the homefront tensions of World War I dramatically changed the modern American state. Zusammenfassung A powerful account of America's first mass mobilization, revealing how the homefront tensions of World War I dramatically changed the modern American state.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Capozzola, Christopher (Associate Professor of History Capozzola, Capozzola Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2010
• EAN: 9780199734795
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973479-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, First World War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Women, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Political structure & processes, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Gender studies: women and girls, Political structure and processes, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I