“The Seed Corn of a Nation”

Military Draft and Crop Reduction in Georgia during World War I

Authors

  • Giovanni Fabbi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/8900

Keywords:

crop reduction, military draft, World War I

Abstract

The World War I draft had a tremendous impact on the United States agriculture, especially on the Southern states. This paper focuses on the situation created among those Georgia tenant farmers who were obliged to leave for cantonments where they were trained before going to fight in Europe. The author examines the consequences caused by this withdrawing of men from the fanns and the widespread critical attitude towards the conscription that, as months went by, carne not only from the farmers, but started to appear also arnong those who administered locally the mobilization.

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Published

1998-09-01

Issue

Vol. 8 (1998): Joint Issue (vol. 8 and vol. 9) - Untitled

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