Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919

Millman, Brock (author., Author, Author).

Summary: Compared to the idea that Canada was a nation forged in victory on Vimy Ridge, the reality of dissent and repression at home strikes a sour note. Through censorship, conscription, and internment, the government of Canada worked more ruthlessly than either Great Britain or the United States to suppress opposition to the war effort during the First World War.Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919 examines the basis for those repressive policies. Brock Millman, an expert on wartime dissent in both the United Kingdom and Canada, argues that Canadian policy was driven first and foremost by a fear that opposition to the war amongst French Canadians and immigrant communities would provoke social tensions - and possibly even a vigilante backlash from the war's most fervent supporters in British Canada.Highlighting the class and ethnic divisions which characterized public support for the war, Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919 offers a broad and much-needed reexamination of Canadian government policy on the home front.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442667624
Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
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Computer data.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2016

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- POLARITY, PATRIOTISM, AND DISSENT IN GREAT WAR CANADA, 1914-1919 -- Introduction: Trouble in Mariposa -- 1. "They Exceed in Stringency Anything We Know Here": State-Orchestrated Repression in Great War Canada -- 2. "Because They Are Totally and Exclusively Canadian": A Clash of Canadas -- 3. "A Cleavage in the Population of This Country along Racial Lines": French and New Canada -- 4. "A Life and Death Struggle for Christian Civilization": The Great British Canadian Crusade -- 5. "Down with King Borden and His Boches. Long Live the Jails!": Intercommunal Riot as Social Control, 1916-1917: The Case of Quebec -- 6. "We Cheerfully Accept the Burden Laid upon Us": Intercommunal Riot as Social Control in British Canada, 1916-1917 -- 7. "The Politician Who Attempts to Wander About in No Man's Land Must Be Ruthlessly Destroyed": The Election of 1917 -- 8. "Absolute Masters of All Authority": Intercommunal Violence, 1918 -- 9. 1919: The War at Home Continues: When the Boys Came Home -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Opinion and Punishment -- Appendix B: "War Crimes" in Canada during the First World War -- Appendix C: Great War Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
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Language Note:	In English.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)