Canada and the First World War, Second Edition : : Essays in Honour of Robert Craig Brown / / ed. by David MacKenzie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Avery, Donald,; Cook, Ramsay,; Copp, Terry,; Crerar, Adam,; Dutil, Patrice A.,; English, John,; Granatstein, J.L.,; Litt, Paul,; Mackenzie, David,; Macmillan, Margaret,; Mccalla, Douglas,; Millard, Rod,; Morton, Desmond,; Sangster, Joan,; Vance, Jonathan F.,
• HerausgeberIn: MacKenzie, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (502 p.)

The First World War is often credited as being the event that gave Canada its own identity, distinct from that of Britain, France, and the United States. Less often noted, however, is that it was also the cause of a great deal of friction within Canadian society. The fifteen essays contained in Canada and the First World War examine how Canadians experienced the war and how their experiences were shaped by region, politics, gender, class, and nationalism. Editor David MacKenzie has brought together some of the leading voices in Canadian history to take an in-depth look into the tensions and fractures the war caused, and to address the way some attitudes about the country were changed, while others remained the same. The essays vary in scope, but are strongly unified so as to create a collection that treats its subject in a complete and comprehensive manner. Canada and the First World War is a tribute to esteemed University of Toronto historian Robert Craig Brown, one of Canada's greatest authorities on the Great War World War One. The collection is a significant contribution to the on-going re-examination of Canada's experiences in war, and a must-read for students of Canadian history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Canada and the First World War – Thirteen Years On: An Introduction to the Second Edition -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction: Myth, Memory, and the Transformation of Canadian Society -- 1. Craig Brown’s Logical Reason -- Part II: Fighting the War -- 2. The Military Effort, 1914–1918 -- 3. Conscription in the Great War -- 4. Political Leadership in the First World War -- 5. Against Isolationism: Napoléon Belcourt, French Canada, and ‘La grande guerre’ -- 6. The Economic Impact of the Great War -- Part III: The War at Home -- 7. Mobilizing Women for War -- 8. Supporting Soldiers’ Families: Separation Allowance, Assigned Pay, and the Unexpected -- 9. Ontario and the Great War -- 10. Ethnic and Class Relations in Western Canada during the First World War: A Case Study of European Immigrants and Anglo-Canadian Nativism -- 11. The Crusade for Science: Science and Technology on the Home Front, 1914–1918 -- 12. Canada Invaded! The Great War, Mass Culture, and Canadian Cultural Nationalism -- 13. Eastern Approaches: Maritime Canada and Newfoundland -- Part IV: The Aftermath -- 14. Canada and the Peace Settlements -- 15. Remembering Armageddon -- Contributors -- Index