Defining the peace : World War II veterans, race, and the remaking of Southern political tradition / Jennifer E. Brooks.
In the aftermath of World War II, Georgia's veterans all found that service in the war enhanced their sense of male, political, and racial identity, but often in contradictory ways. Jennifer E. Brooks shows how veterans competed in a protracted and sometimes violent struggle to determine the co...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
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| Summary: | In the aftermath of World War II, Georgia's veterans all found that service in the war enhanced their sense of male, political, and racial identity, but often in contradictory ways. Jennifer E. Brooks shows how veterans competed in a protracted and sometimes violent struggle to determine the complex character of Georgia's postwar future. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : illustrations, 1 map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807875759 9780807875759 9781469603599 1469603594 9780807829110 0807829110 9780807855782 0807855782 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |