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Winnipeg's Great War : a city comes of age /
From the local bestselling author of Winnipeg 1912 comes the riveting next chapter in the city's history. Winnipeg's Great War picks up in 1914, just as the city is regrouping after a brief economic downturn. War comes unexpectedly, thoughts of recovery are abandoned, and the city digs in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada :
University of Manitoba Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1914. The coming of war ; Jewish soldiers ; Mobilizing the civilian population ; Poor women and the Patriotic Fund ; The Manitoba Red Cross ; Women's Volunteer Reserve Corps ; The IODE goes to war ; City politics in 1914 ; The 1914 election
- 1915. Recruiting the second contingent ; The Second Battle of Ypres ; The war has struck home ; Mourning the dead ; Patriotic week ; I have nothing but contempt for the man who can go but does not ; Training ; Winnipeg women in England ; City politics in 1915 ; Jitneys and the Winnipeg Electric Railway ; Provincial politics : the fall of Rodmond Roblin
- 1916. They lost their heads entirely : the Winnipeg Police and the Soldier's Riot ; It was simply Hell : the battles of 1916 ; Deserters ; The Norris government
- 1917. Wining at any cost ; Hospitals ; Conscription ; Inflexible determination ; The role of women in winning the war ; The IODE fights on
- 1918. Conscientious objectos ; Exemptions, treason, and anti-foreign hysteria ; The Jitney problem resolved ; City issues ; Labour organizing ; Memorials ; The end of the war.