Uncle Sam Wants You

World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
Cover of the book Uncle Sam Wants You by Christopher Capozzola, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Christopher Capozzola ISBN: 9780199830961
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: April 12, 2010
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Christopher Capozzola
ISBN: 9780199830961
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: April 12, 2010
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Based on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a vivid and provocative new interpretation of American political history, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization during World War I led to a significant increase in power for the federal government. Christopher Capozzola shows how, when the war began, Americans at first mobilized society by stressing duty, obligation, and responsibility over rights and freedoms. But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale, making wartime America the scene of some of the nation's most serious political violence, including notorious episodes of outright mob violence. To solve this problem, Americans turned over increasing amounts of power to the federal government. In the end, whether they were some of the four million men drafted under the Selective Service Act or the tens of millions of home-front volunteers, Americans of the World War I era created a new American state, and new ways of being American citizens.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Based on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a vivid and provocative new interpretation of American political history, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization during World War I led to a significant increase in power for the federal government. Christopher Capozzola shows how, when the war began, Americans at first mobilized society by stressing duty, obligation, and responsibility over rights and freedoms. But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale, making wartime America the scene of some of the nation's most serious political violence, including notorious episodes of outright mob violence. To solve this problem, Americans turned over increasing amounts of power to the federal government. In the end, whether they were some of the four million men drafted under the Selective Service Act or the tens of millions of home-front volunteers, Americans of the World War I era created a new American state, and new ways of being American citizens.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Kennedy's Wars : Berlin Cuba Laos and Vietnam by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Genocide by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book A Theology in Outline by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Variation in Datives by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Fire in the Heart by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book As If an Enemy's Country by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book The Mystical Life of Franz Kafka by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Policing the Globe by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Muslims in America : A Short History by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Cuba : What Everyone Needs To Know by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Armageddon Averted : Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Rescue for the Dead by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Making Slavery History by Christopher Capozzola
Cover of the book Hume's Skeptical Crisis by Christopher Capozzola
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy