Boys and Girls in No Man's Land : : English-Canadian Children and the First World War /

Boys and Girls in No Man's Land : : English-Canadian Children and the First World War / / Susan Fisher.

Boys and Girls in No Man's Land examines how the First World War entered the lives and imaginations of Canadian children. Drawing on educational materials, textbooks, adventure tales, plays, and Sunday-school papers, this study explores the role of children in the nation's war effort.Susan...

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Fisher, Susan,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2011
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 18 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: PATRIOTIC TRAINING
  • 1. Doing Their Bit
  • 2. Studying War
  • 3. Children of the Empire
  • PART TWO: STORIES OF WAR
  • 4. Brave Little Soldiers: Stories for Younger Readers
  • 5. Dogs of War and Other Animals
  • 6. The Adventure of War
  • 7. But What Can a Girl Do?
  • 8. A War for Modern Readers
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Recent Canadian Children's Books about the First World War
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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