Whiskey, women, and war : how the Great War shaped Jim Crow New Orleans /
Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans surveys the various ways the city confronted the demands of World War I. Author Brian Altobello analyzes the mobilization of the local population in terms of enlistments and war bond sales and addresses the anti-vice crusade mean...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans surveys the various ways the city confronted the demands of World War I. Author Brian Altobello analyzes the mobilization of the local population in terms of enlistments and war bond sales and addresses the anti-vice crusade meant to safeguard the American war effort. He studies the political fistfight over women's suffrage, as New Orleans's Gordon sisters demanded the vote predicated on the preservation of white supremacy. Finally, he examines race relations in the city, as African Americans were integrated into the city's war effort and cultural landscape even as Jim Crow was firmly established. Ultimately, the volume brings to life this history of a city which endured World War I in its own singular style. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 264 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781496835093 1496835093 |