The Great War Comes To Wisconsin

Author : Richard L. Pifer
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870207839

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The Great War Comes to Wisconsin by Richard L. Pifer Pdf

The Great War Comes to Wisconsin examines Wisconsin’s response to World War I, the first "total war" of the twentieth century, a war so large that it engaged virtually everyone. Instead of a comprehensive history of the battlefield, this book captures the homefront experience: the political debates over war policy, the worry over loved ones fighting overseas, the countless everyday sacrifices, and the impact of a wartime hysteria that drove dissent underground. It also includes the voices of soldiers from Wisconsin’s famed 32nd Division, through extensively quoted letters and newspaper accounts. Immerse yourself in the Wisconsin experience during World War I—a conflict that demonstrated America’s great capacity for sacrifice and generosity, but also for prejudice, intolerance, and injustice.

Author : Robert Marling
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781630100100

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Grandpa What Did You Do In “The Big War” - World War I: You Mean “To Make The World Safe For Democracy” - Photos and Papers by Robert Marling Pdf

Author : Michael C. Steiner
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700629541

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Horace M. Kallen in the Heartland by Michael C. Steiner Pdf

The Harvard-educated, Jewish American philosopher Horace Meyer Kallen (1882–1974) is commonly credited with the concept of cultural pluralism, which envisioned immigrant and minority groups cultivating their distinctive social worlds and interacting to create an inclusive, ever-changing true American culture. Though living and teaching in Madison, Wisconsin, when he developed this influential theory, Kallen’s seven-year sojourn in the Midwest (1911–1918) rarely figures in accounts of the theory’s origins. And yet, Michael C. Steiner suggests, the Midwest, far from being a mere interruption in Kallen’s thought, was in fact the essential catalyst for the theory of cultural pluralism, a concept that continues to shape public debate a century later. The Midwest in the first decades of the twentieth century was a youthful region experiencing massive immigration and the xenophobic fervor of approaching war. In this milieu Steiner locates a pervasive pluralist zeitgeist rife with urban- and rural-based intellectuals and public figures deeply critical of both the all-absorbing melting pot ideology and white racist Anglo-Saxon exclusionism. Early proponents of diversity who interacted with Kallen to forge a pluralist sensibility and ideology as the Midwest was becoming the nation’s dominant region included public figures Hamlin Garland, Frederick Jackson Turner, and Jane Addams; African American activists Reverdy Ransom and Ida B. Wells; Norwegian American writers Ole E. Rølvaag and Waldemar Ager; and intellectuals Randolph Bourne and John Dewey. Tracing how Kallen’s interaction with these figures and his regional experience expanded his vision and added the final touch and crucial spatial dimension to his theory, Horace M. Kallen in the Heartland enhances our understanding of cultural pluralism. The book has direct bearing on the present, as once again denunciation of diversity and mass migration challenge the tenets and advocates of pluralism.

Author : Patty Sotirin,Steven A. Walton,Sue Collins
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527553507

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Home Front in the American Heartland by Patty Sotirin,Steven A. Walton,Sue Collins Pdf

This collection offers a multifaceted exploration of World War One and its aftermath in the northern American Heartland, a region often overlooked in wartime histories. The chapters feature archival and newspaper documentation and visual imagery from this era. The first section, “Heartland Histories,” explores experiences of conscription and home front mobilization in the small communities of the heartland, highlighting tensions associated with patriotism, class, ethnicities, and locale. In one chapter, the previously unpublished cartoon art of a USAF POW displays his Midwestern sensibilities. Section Two, “Homefront Propaganda,” examines the cultural networks disseminating national war messages, notably the critical work of local theaters, Four Minute Men, the Allied War Exhibitions, and the local commemorative displays of military relics. Section Three, “Gender in/and War,” highlights aspects often over-shadowed by male experiences of the war itself, including the patriotic mother, androgynous representations in wartime propaganda, and masculine violence following the war. Together, this volume provides rich portraits of the complexities of heartland home front experiences and legacies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Wisconsin
ISBN : UCAL:$C14985

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Wisconsin in the Great War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew J. Huebner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190853945

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Love and Death in the Great War by Andrew J. Huebner Pdf

Americans today harbor no strong or consistent collective memory of the First World War. Ask why the country fought or what they accomplished, and "democracy" is the most likely if vague response. The circulation of confusing or lofty rationales for intervention began as soon as President Woodrow Wilson secured a war declaration in April 1917. Yet amid those shifting justifications, Love and Death in the Great War argues, was a more durable and resonant one: Americans would fight for home and family. Officials in the military and government, grasping this crucial reality, invested the war with personal meaning, as did popular culture. "Make your mother proud of you/And the Old Red White and Blue" went George Cohan's famous tune "Over There." Federal officials and their allies in public culture, in short, told the war story as a love story. Intervention came at a moment when arbiters of traditional home and family were regarded as under pressure from all sides: industrial work, women's employment, immigration, urban vice, woman suffrage, and the imagined threat of black sexual aggression. Alleged German crimes in France and Belgium seemed to further imperil women and children. War promised to restore convention, stabilize gender roles, and sharpen male character. Love and Death in the Great War tracks such ideas of redemptive war across public and private spaces, policy and implementation, home and front, popular culture and personal correspondence. In beautifully rendered prose, Andrew J. Huebner merges untold stories of ordinary men and women with a history of wartime culture. Studying the radiating impact of war alongside the management of public opinion, he recovers the conflict's emotional dimensions--its everyday rhythms, heartbreaking losses, soaring possibilities, and broken promises.

Author : Ben Railton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538143438

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Of Thee I Sing by Ben Railton Pdf

When we talk about patriotism in America, we tend to mean one form: the version captured in shared celebrations like the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. But as Ben Railton argues, that celebratory patriotism is just one of four distinct forms: celebratory, the communal expression of an idealized America; mythic, the creation of national myths that exclude certain communities; active, acts of service and sacrifice for the nation; and critical, arguments for how the nation has fallen short of its ideals that seek to move us toward that more perfect union. In Of Thee I Sing, Railton defines those four forms of American patriotism, using the four verses of “America the Beautiful” as examples of each type, and traces them across our histories. Doing so allows us to reframe seemingly familiar histories such as the Revolution, the Civil War, and the Greatest Generation, as well as texts such as the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. And it helps us rediscover forgotten histories and figures, from Revolutionary War Loyalists and the World War I Espionage and Sedition Acts to active patriots like Civil War nurse Susie King Taylor and the suffragist Silent Sentinels to critical patriotic authors like William Apess and James Baldwin. Tracing the contested history of American patriotism also helps us better understand many of our 21st century debates: from Donald Trump’s divisive deployment of celebratory and mythic forms of patriotism to the backlash to the critical patriotisms expressed by Colin Kaepernick and the 1619 Project. Only by engaging with the multiple forms of American patriotism, past and present, can we begin to move forward toward a more perfect union that we all can celebrate.

Author : Wayland Johnson Chase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : IND:32000007318175

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The Great War by Wayland Johnson Chase Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Libraries
ISBN : WISC:89096041967

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Wisconsin Library Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter C. Stewart
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476681054

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American Sports and the Great War by Peter C. Stewart Pdf

Drawing on newspaper accounts, college yearbooks and the recollections of veterans, this book examines the impact of World War I on sports in the U.S. As young men entered the military in large numbers, many colleges initially considered suspending athletics but soon turned to the idea of using sports to build morale and physical readiness. Recruits, mostly in their twenties, ended up playing more baseball and football than they would have in peacetime. Though most college athletes volunteered for military duty, others replaced them so that the reduction of competition was not severe. Pugilism gained participants as several million men learned how to box.

Author : Willis John Abbot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UIUC:30112055090614

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The United States in the Great War by Willis John Abbot Pdf

Author : John Toland
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803294514

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No Man's Land by John Toland Pdf

"In these pages participants on both sides, from enlisted men to generals and prime ministers to monarchs, vividly recount the battles, sensational events, and behind-the-scenes strategies that shaped the climactic, terrifying year. It's all here - the horrific futility of going over the top into a hail of bullets in no man's land; the enigmatic death of the legendary German ace, the Red Baron; Operation Michael, a punishing German attack in the spring; the Americans' long-awaited arrival in June; the murder of Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family, the growing fear of a communist menace in the east; and the armistice on November 11.

Author : Charles Gates Dawes
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780990657415

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A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes Pdf

A critical edition of Charles Gates Dawes' A Journal of The Great War with two new essays that explore the broader story of Dawes' war experience.First published in 1921, A Journal of the Great War provides a fascinating glimpse into the challenges faced by the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during the United States' 18-month involvement in World War I. Dawes' journal, written while he was stationed in France from 1917 to 1919, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the power struggles and political maneuvering that took place among American and European political and military leaders as they sought to fight the war as an allied force. Part document of life in wartime France, part war diary, and part mentation on the means of exercising power, Dawes' journal is a unique contribution to the literature of World War I. In July 1917, at the age of 51, Dawes sailed for France as an officer with the U.S. 17th Engineers. At the time, Dawes' enlistment made headlines. He was hailed as a "soldier banker" -- one of the wealthiest men in the country to join Uncle Sam's army. Dawes was indeed a wealthy man; he was president of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, a bank he founded in 1902, and, along with his brothers, he also ran numerous investments and companies. When he sailed for France, he left all that behind.Once in France, Dawes was appointed as the General Purchasing Agent in Europe for the AEF by his friend, General John Pershing. Stationed in Paris for the duration, Dawes served as Pershing's confidant throughout the war, consulting with the American general as Pershing deployed more than two million American soldiers into battle. Meanwhile, Dawes oversaw a massive operation to acquire and distribute supplies for the war effort. Working closely with Pershing, Dawes would soon develop the Military Board of Allied Supply, a means to coordinate supply among the Allies. Dawes' stunning achievement to bring about and manage this alliance -- and the political drama that unfolded behind it -- is documented in A Journal of the Great War.

Author : Wayland Johnson Chase
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0484242016

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The Great War: A Study Outline of the Causes, the Immediate Background, and the Beginnings of the Great World War (Classic Reprint) by Wayland Johnson Chase Pdf

Excerpt from The Great War: A Study Outline of the Causes, the Immediate Background, and the Beginnings of the Great World War The following outline was originally planned for a guided-study club program. However, because of the keen and widespread, if indeed not universal, interest. In this world issue, and the great demands for topical suggestions upon it, the outline has been modified to meet the needs of any serious group study work. It is furthermore believed that in its present form this out line will afford excellent direction for general reading and study to those who wish to inform themselves through personal investigation. The Department of Debating and Public Discussion has made a special effort to collect the latest and most authoritative material on the Great World War in allits aspects. This is available to residents of Wisconsin as loan package libraries. To Select material judicious ly, it is essential that the department know how and by whom the desired information is to be used. The same package cannot be used to equal advantage by a rural school pupil and the member of an adult civic league. To prevent duplication and unnecessary expense it is advisable to indicate in the request for loan material what is available locally. Many of the special volumes listed may be borrowed by residents of Wisconsin from the Traveling Library Department of the Wisconsin Library Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Rutherford Birchard Pixley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : LCCN:19003670

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Wisconsin in the World War by Rutherford Birchard Pixley Pdf