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California at War : The State and the People during World War I /

"The United States' participation in World War I changed the daily lives of Californians. They served in the military, volunteered with overseas aid organizations, and raised millions to help war refugees and fund the war effort. The federal government expanded military bases and training...

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Autor principal: North, Diane M. T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: California on the eve of war
  • Part I.A World at War: 1. The great adventure: California men at war ; 2. "Those splendid women": California women overseas
  • Part II. On the Home Front: 3. Protecting the state ; 4. War and the California economy ; 5. In the home trenches ; 6. Disease and war
  • Part III. Social Controls and Legal Constraints: 7. Guardians of loyalty: the American Protective League in California 1917-1919 ; 8. The supreme struggle: civil liberties at risk in wartime California
  • Epilogue
  • Chronology
  • Appendix 1. US military installations in California during World War I
  • Appendix 2. Central Committee Organizations, Women's Committee, State Council of Defense of California.