The Great War in the heart of Dixie : Alabama during World War I / edited by Martin T. Olliff.
| Other author | Olliff, Martin T. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008. |
| Description | viii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Alabama, April 1917 / Martin T. Olliff -- Military participation at home and abroad, 1917-1918 / Ruth Smith Truss -- "Tenting tonight on the old camp grounds" : Alabama's military bases in World War I / Wesley Phillips Newton -- Alabama's Black Baptist leaders, the Progressive Era, and World War I / Wilson Fallin, Jr. -- A call to arms for African Americans during the age of Jim Crow : Black Alabamians' response to the U.S. declaration of war in 1917 / David Alsobrook -- From the cotton field to the great waterway : African Americans and the Muscle Shoals Project during World War I / Victoria E. Ott -- Mobile in World War I / Michael V.R. Thomason -- The Alabama Council of Defense, 1917-1918 / Dowe Littleton -- "Can all we can, and can the Kaiser, too" : the Montgomery Cooperative Canning Club / Martin T. Olliff -- World War I : catalyst for social change in Alabama / Robert Saunders, Jr. -- Memorializing World War I in Alabama / Robert J. Jakeman. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-259) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008003195 |
| ISBN | 9780817316167 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0817316167 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780817354923 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0817354921 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780817380588 (electronic : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0817380582 (electronic : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | D 769.85.A2 G74 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |