Uncle Sam wants you : World War I and the making of the modern American citizen / Christopher Capozzola.

Author/creator Capozzola, Christopher Joseph Nicodemus, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionix, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.

Contents The spirit of selective service : conscription and coercion -- Between God and country : objecting to the wartime state -- The obligation to volunteer : women and coercive voluntarism -- Policing the home front : from vigilance to vigilantism -- Responsible speech : rights in a culture of obligation -- Enemy aliens : loyalty and the birth of the surveillance state -- Armistice and after.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-319) and index.
LCCN 2007041191
ISBN9780195335491 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN019533549X (hardcover : alk. paper)