Black soldiers in a white man's war : race, good order and discipline in a Great War labour battalion /

This book investigates the story of 600 Black men from across North America and the Caribbean, who, in 1917, went to war in a labour unit, No. 2 Construction Battalion. Regarded then by senior Command as morally infectious, a century later they have become central actors in a powerful cultural myth,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pollock, Gordon Douglas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Temas:
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Construction Battalion, 2 > History.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Construction Battalion, 2.
Kanada > Canadian Expeditionary Force > Construction Battalion > 2
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American.
Soldiers, Black > Canada > History > 20th century.
Militaires noirs > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
Military history.
Black & Asian studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Military participation > African American.
Soldiers, Black.
Ethnische Beziehungen
Schwarze
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Canada.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Battalion: In Place of Myth
  • Early Challenges: Indifference, Desertions, Discharges and Discipline
  • Trouble in the Battalion: Command and the Fifty Undesirables
  • Courts-Martial: Insights into the Battalion
  • Razors and Race: Cultural Conflicts and Sexual Fantasies
  • "All the boys are anxious to get a chance at Fritz."
  • The Strange Death of Private Sydney David
  • War's End
  • A Land Fit for Heroes
  • Reflections on the Battalion's History.

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