{"product_id":"9780253109323","title":"Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States Government during World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn April 1917, black Americans reacted in various ways to the entry of\u003cbr\u003e the United States into World War I in the name of \"Democracy.\" Some\u003cbr\u003e expressed loud support, many were indifferent, and others voiced outright\u003cbr\u003e opposition. All were agreed, however, that the best place to start guaranteeing\u003cbr\u003e freedom was at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost immediately, rumors spread across the\u003cbr\u003e nation that German agents were engaged in \"Negro Subversion\" and that\u003cbr\u003e African Americans were potentially disloyal. Despite mounting a constant watch on\u003cbr\u003e black civilians, their newspapers, and their organizations, the domestic\u003cbr\u003e intelligence agents of the federal government failed to detect any black traitors or\u003cbr\u003e saboteurs. They did, however, find vigorous demands for equal rights to be granted\u003cbr\u003e and for the 30-year epidemic of lynching in the South to be eradicated. In Race,\u003cbr\u003e War, and Surveillance, Mark Ellis examines the interaction between the deep-seated\u003cbr\u003e fears of many white Americans about a possible race war and their profound ignorance\u003cbr\u003e about the black population. The result was a \"black scare\" that lasted\u003cbr\u003e well beyond the war years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Ellis is Senior Lecturer in\u003cbr\u003e History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune\u003cbr\u003e 2001\u003cbr\u003e256 pages, 6 1\/8 x 9 1\/4, index, append. \u003cbr\u003ecloth 0-253-33923-5\u003cbr\u003e $39.95 s \/ £30.50 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eAfrican Americans\u003cbr\u003e and the War for Democracy, 1917\u003cbr\u003eThe Wilson Administration and Black\u003cbr\u003e Opinion, 1917--1918\u003cbr\u003eBlack Doughboys\u003cbr\u003eThe Surveillance of African\u003cbr\u003e American Leadership\u003cbr\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois, Joel E. Spingarn, and Military\u003cbr\u003e Intelligence \u003cbr\u003eDiplomacy and Demobilization,\u003cbr\u003e 1918--1919\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101144891632,"sku":"9780253109323","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253109323_p0.jpg?v=1763680898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253109323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}