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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824589503321

Autore

Kordan Bohdan S

Titolo

Enemy aliens, prisoners of war : internment in Canada during the Great War / / Bohdan S. Kordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-86037-2

9786612860379

0-7735-7012-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 202 p. : ill

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; ; 16

Disciplina

940.3/1771

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Evacuation of civilians - Canada

World War, 1914-1918 - Concentration camps - Canada

World War, 1914-1918 - Conscript labor - Canada

Aliens - Canada - History - 20th century

Ukrainians - Canada - History - 20th century

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 - Evacuation des civils - Canada

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 - Camps de concentration - Canada

Canadiens d'origine ukrainienne - Evacuation et relogement, 1914-1920

Etrangers - Canada - Histoire - 20e siecle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Documents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Nation-Building and the Great War -- Between Ambition and Threat: Canada and the Problem of the Enemy Alien -- Enemy Alien Internment : Obligations and Responsibilities -- The Policy and Practice of Canadian Nternment: A Comparative Perspective -- The Prize of War: Internment in the Canadian Rockies -- War, Patriotism, And Internment The Debate Over Otherness -- Notes -- Prisoners' Rolls -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on these and other thematic issues, Bohdan Kordan assesses the policy and practice of civilian internment in Canada during the Great War and provides a clear yet critical statement about the complex



and troubling nature of this experience. Period photographs and first person accounts augment the text, helping to communicate not only the layered and textured character of the experience but the human drama of the story as well. A comprehensive roster identifying those interned in the frontier camps of the Rocky Mountains is also included.