Divided Loyalties: Cultural Conflicts in the Nation & Detroit in America’s WW1 Era
The article presents the responses to the First World War in Detroit, a booming multicultural community at the time. Drawing on a variety of sources, including previously unpublished archival material, the author describes the various conflicted ethnic and social groups reluctantly entering the war....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Polish Association for the Study of English
2016-12-01
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Series: | Polish Journal of English Studies |
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Online Access: | http://pjes.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Dean-Divided-Loyalties-PJES-2.2-2016.pdf |
Summary: | The article presents the responses to the First World War in Detroit, a booming multicultural community at the time. Drawing on a variety of sources, including previously unpublished archival material, the author describes the various conflicted ethnic and social groups reluctantly entering the war. The article demonstrates how difficult it was to achieve and maintain social cohesion in a country that still was not directly related to the war. |
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ISSN: | 2545-0131 2543-5981 |