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Titolo |
'These strange criminals' : an anthology of prison memoirs by conscientious objectors from the Great War to the Cold War / / edited by Peter Brock |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5789-8 |
1-4426-2080-3 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (530 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conscientious objectors |
World War, 1914-1918 - Conscientious objectors |
World War, 1939-1945 - Conscientious objectors |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Conscientious objectors |
World War, 1914-1918 - Prisoners and prisons |
World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Prisoners and prisons |
Biographies. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Document Credits -- Part One: The Great War -- Introduction -- Britain -- STEPHEN HOBHOUSE -- E. WILLIAMSON MASON -- HUBERT W. PEET -- JOHN HOARE -- GEORGE EWAN -- ROBERT PRICE -- Canada -- JOHN EVANS -- New Zealand -- ARCHIBALD BAXTER -- United States -- ARTHUR DUNHAM -- ALBERT VOTH -- PHILIP GROSSER -- Part Two: The Good War -- Introduction -- Britain -- ALEXANDER BRYAN -- PETER BROCK -- ROBERT L. HOCKLEY -- ERNEST SPRING -- KATHLEEN LONSDALE -- KATHLEEN WIGHAM -- New Zealand -- IAN HAMILTON -- Australia -- PHIL HANCOX -- United States -- ROGER W. AXFORD -- ALFRED HASSLER -- MALCOLM PARKER -- LOWELL NAEVE -- DONALD BENEDICT -- DONALD WETZEL -- Part Three: Cold-War America -- |
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Introduction -- BRADFORD LYTTLE -- JEFFREY PORTEOUS -- J.K. OSBORNE -- 'JOHNSON' -- DAVID MILLER -- Appendix -- Further Reading. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors - many well-educated and politically aware - sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority. |
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