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Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War

Door Christopher M. Sterba

Categorie
Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer
#328944-ZA11
Titel
Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War
Auteur
Sterba, Christopher M.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2003
ISBN10
0195154886
ISBN13
9780195154887
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some b/w illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Among the Americans who joined the ranks of the Doughboys fighting World War I were thousands of America's newest residents. Good Americans examines the contributions of Italian and Jewish immigrants, both on the homefront and overseas, in the Great War. While residing in strong, insular communities, both groups faced a barrage of demands to participate in a conflict that had been raging in their home countries for nearly three years. Italians and Jews "did their bit" in relief, recruitment, conservation, and war bond campaigns, while immigrants and second-generation ethnic soldiers fought on the Western front. Within a year of the Armistice, they found themselves redefined as foreigners and perceived as a major threat to American life, rather than remembered as participants in i... (Lees verder)ts defense. Wartime experiences, Christopher Sterba argues, served to deeply politicize first and second generation immigrants, greatly accelerating their transformation from relatively powerless newcomers to a major political force in the United States during the New Deal and beyond.
Pagina's
269
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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