The Great War in the Heart of Dixie

Alabama During World War I

• Author(s): Martin T. Olliff,
• Publisher: University of Alabama Press
• Pages: 275
• ISBN_10: 0817354921
  ISBN_13: 9780817354923
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , History / United States / 20th Century , History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) ,

Description:... There has been much scholarship on how the U.S. as a nation reacted to World War I, but few have explored how Alabama responded. Did the state follow the federal government’s lead in organizing its resources or did Alabamians devise their own solutions to unique problems they faced? How did the state’s cultural institutions and government react? What changes occurred in its economy and way of life? What, if any, were the long-term consequences in Alabama? The contributors to this volume address these questions and establish a base for further investigation of the state during this era.
Contributors: David Alsobrook, Wilson Fallin Jr., Robert J. Jakeman, Dowe Littleton, Martin T. Olliff, Victoria E. Ott, Wesley P. Newton, Michael V. R. Thomason, Ruth Smith Truss, and Robert Saunders Jr.