Enemies Within : : Italian and Other Internees in Canada and Abroad / / Roberto Perin, Franca Iacovetta, Angelo Principe.

In the recent campaign led by the National Congress of Italian Canadians to gain redress for compatriots interned during the Second World War, leaders claimed that the Canadian state had waged a 'war against ethnicity.' Their version of history, argue the editors, drew on selective evidenc...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Introduction. Italians and Wartime Internment: Comparative Perspectives on Public Policy, Historical Memory, and Daily Life /
Part One. Italian Canadians, Fascism, and Internment: Black Shirts or Sheep? --
1. A Tangled Knot: Prelude to 10 June 1940 /
2. Exporting Fascism to Canada: Toronto's Little Italy /
3. The Internment of Italian Canadians /
4. 'Uneasy Neighbours': Internment and Hamilton's Italians /
Part Two. Other Canadian Internees: Drawing Distinctions --
5. A War on Ethnicity? The RCMP and Internment /
6. The Curious Case of Female Internees /
7. The 'Camp Boys7: Interned Refugees from Nazism /
8. Political Prisoners: The Communist Internees /
Part Three. Italians Interned Abroad: Three Case Studies --
9. The Internment of Italians in Australia /
10. The Internment of Italians in Britain /
11. When Italian Americans Were 'Enemy Aliens' /
Part Four. Memory and Redress: The Uses of the Past --
12. Actor or Victim? Mario Duliani and His Internment Narrative /
13. Images of Internment /
14. The Politics of Redress: The Contemporary Ukrainian-Canadian Campaign /
15. Redress, Collective Memory, and the Politics of History /
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Index
Summary:In the recent campaign led by the National Congress of Italian Canadians to gain redress for compatriots interned during the Second World War, leaders claimed that the Canadian state had waged a 'war against ethnicity.' Their version of history, argue the editors, drew on selective evidence and glossed over the fascist past of some Italian Canadians.The editors have assembled scholars who, while having diverse views, seek to stimulate informed debate. Enemies Within is the first study of its kind to examine not only the formulation and uneven implementation of internment policy, but the social and gender history of internment. It brings together national and international perspectives. The book offers differing interpretations of Italian internment in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. It invites comparisons between Italian Canadians and Canada's other internees, including Communists, German Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians and Jewish refugees. Contemporary redress campaigns are examined. Masculinity, female internees, Communist women's release politics, and memory culture are some of the little-studied subjects that also receive attention. This book contains photographs never before seen. A general introduction and four section introductions provide valuable background to the issues being discussed.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442674462
9783110667691
9783110490954
DOI:10.3138/9781442674462
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Roberto Perin, Franca Iacovetta, Angelo Principe.