The American South and the Great War, 1914-1924

In The American South and the Great War, 1914-1924, ten historians explore the experience of southerners on the homefront during World War I. Their essays investigate how American participation in the global conflict challenged the South's relationship with political power and the federal government, how wartime changes stressed the region's traditional social structure, and how the impact of the defense effort challenged and reshaped the southern economy. The authors suggest that participation in World War I contributed greatly to the modernization of the South, initiating and spurring changes that were fully realized during World War II and the postwar era.