E-book
Winnipeg's Great War : a city comes of age
Record details
- ISBN: 9780887557217
- ISBN: 088755721X
- ISBN: 6613091464
- ISBN: 9786613091468
- ISBN: 9781283091466
- ISBN: 1283091461
- ISBN: 0887554008
- ISBN: 9780887554001
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, portraits
remote - Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada : University of Manitoba Press, ©2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher's Web site: http://uofmpress.ca. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization. |
| Language Note: | English. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Manitoba -- Winnipeg HISTORY -- Canada -- General Winnipeg (Man.) -- History -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |
