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

• Autore: Kordan Bohdan S
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: xxviii, 202 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 940.3/1771
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Evacuation of civilians - Canada; World War, 1914-1918 - Concentration camps - Canada; World War, 1914-1918 - Conscript labor - Canada; Noncitizens - Canada - History - 20th century; Ukrainians - Canada - History - 20th century; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 - Évacuation des civils - Canada; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 - Camps de concentration - Canada; Canadiens d'origine ukrainienne - Évacuation et relogement, 1914-1920; Étrangers - Canada - Histoire - 20e siècle
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Enemy aliens, prisoners of war
• ISBN: 1-282-86037-2; 9786612860379; 0-7735-7012-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782082003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. : Series two ; ; 16.