{"product_id":"home-front-battles-world-war-ii-mobilization-and-race-in-the-deep-south-hardcover","title":"Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles C. Bolton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMobilization for World War II disrupted life in the Deep South of the United States, sparking new-and, in some cases, reigniting old-battles across the home front. Rural migrants flocked to towns and cities, hoping to take advantage of new war-related job opportunities. Wealthy landowners attempted to wield their enormous power to keep farm workers on the land, especially Black tenants and wage hands who provided much of the essential labor. Towns that attracted wartime industries, such as Pascagoula, Mississippi, which exploded with new demand for its shipbuilding industry, grew exponentially and quickly, making the men who owned these shipyards powerful millionaires and laying the foundation for economic concerns that continued well beyond the postwar years. The areas around southern military installations were transformed and experienced heightened racial tensions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHome Front Battles\u003c\/em\u003e examines the many effects of World War II economic and military mobilization on the Deep South, including the federal government's attempts to solve some of the social problems that arose from a massive influx of migrants who were unfamiliar with a new world of work. It also underscores one of the primary home front battles, which began with the passage of the Selective Training and Service Act in 1940 and the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee in 1941, banning discriminatory military training and employment practices and making it clear that the federal government would be promoting the ideal of nondiscrimination as part of its wartime mobilization efforts. In the Deep South, where race relations were already tense, these directives and southern tradition clashed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhite politicians-ranging from the liberal Georgia governor Ellis Arnall to Theodore Bilbo, the reactionary U.S. senator from Mississippi-disagreed about the long-term impact of wartime mobilization. At the same time, the fight for African American rights culminated with the elections of 1946, when Blacks in the Deep South tried to vote on a scale unprecedented in the twentieth century and white Southerners closed ranks to beat back their efforts-using tactics that ranged from social intimidation to outright violence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles C. Bolton\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History and former Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where he has also served as Head of the Department of History. He previously taught at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served as chair of the Department of History and director of the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Bolton is also the recipient of major grants from the Mississippi Humanities Council, NASA, and the U.S. Department of Education. He is the author of many books on Southern history, including \u003cem\u003ePoor Whites of the Antebellum South\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hardest Deal of All: The Battle over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWilliam F. Winter and the New Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.8 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47369348153522,"sku":"9780197655610","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/603d56c3c87aaa8a10385421cf1d5c1b.webp?v=1777591451","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/home-front-battles-world-war-ii-mobilization-and-race-in-the-deep-south-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}