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Autore: | Stevenson Michael D. <1967-> |
Titolo: | Canada's greatest wartime muddle [[electronic resource] ] : national selective service and the mobilization of human resources during World War II / / Michael D. Stevenson |
Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina: | 940.53/71 |
Soggetto topico: | Industrial mobilization - Canada - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Manpower - Canada | |
Draft - Canada | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figure -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Mobilization Debate -- The Regulatory Framework of Mobilization -- Native Canadian Mobilization -- Student Deferment -- War Plant Employees and Other Factory Workers: The Industrial Mobilization Survey Plan -- Coal Labour in Nova Scotia -- Halifax Longshoremen -- Meatpacking Labour -- Female Primary Textile Workers and Nurses -- A Recapitulation -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | To determine the government's commitment to a comprehensive mobilization strategy, Stevenson considers the effect of NSS policies on eight significant sectors of the Canadian population: Native Canadians, university students, war industry workers, coal miners, longshoremen, meatpackers, hospital nurses, and textile workers. These case studies show that mobilization officials achieved only a limited number of their regulatory goals and that Ottawa's attempt to organize and allocate the nation's military and civilian human resources on a rational, orderly, and efficient scale was largely ineffective. This detailed assessment of the effect of NSS activities on a broad cross-section of Canadian society provides a fresh perspective on the domestic impact of the Second World War. It will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Canada's economic, military, social, and political history. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Canada's greatest wartime muddle |
ISBN: | 1-282-85965-X |
9786612859656 | |
0-7735-6965-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810678003321 |
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