World War I

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From 1917 The Year of Troubles From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	The soldiers of all belligerent countries become rebellious and mutinies break out. On the home front, the restlessness and discontent of undernourished civilians is reflected in countless …	Jacques R. Pauwels	26	2016	$2.60 Add
From A Legal History of Human Rights and Asylum From: Exclusion and Refoulement View Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter Two provides a legal history of human rights and asylum, including the impact of the First and Second World Wars.		82	2023	$8.20 Add
From A Province Unlike the Others From: A People's History of Quebec View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at the aftermath of Confederation and its effects on Canada’s Francophone population, who faced systemic discriminations in many instances. It examines French Canadian …	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	20	2002	$2.00 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	Author acknowledgements	Dan Black	5	2019	$0.50 Add
From Appendix One Chinese Labour Corps Graves in Canada From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	List of men and their grave sites in Canada.	Dan Black	0	2019	$0.00 Add
From Appendix Two Theories of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	Black explores the possibility that the Spanish Flu originated in China and spread due to the movements of CLC contingents to North America and Europe.	Dan Black	4	2019	$0.40 Add
Asleep in the Deep Nursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War Goose Lane Editions	On 27 June 1918, the Llandovery Castle, a Canadian hospital ship returning to England, was sunk by a German U-boat in contravention of international law. Two hundred and thirty-four crew members …	Dianne Kelly	223	2021	View
From August 1914 Enthusiasm and Resignation (1) From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	1914. The assassination in Sarajevo — basically a rather unimportant event — does not constitute a genuine casus belli. But it provides the elite with the pretext it needs to unleash …	Jacques R. Pauwels	18	2016	$1.80 Add
From August 1914 Enthusiasm and Resignation (2) From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	1914. Why do the plebeians go to war so meekly? Because they have been indoctrinated to do so in an extremely effective fashion by the school and the church, or compelled by compulsory military …	Jacques R. Pauwels	20	2016	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Backing the Attack Women Workers at War From: Material Traces of War View University of Ottawa Press	Women pushed against many barriers during the world wars, breaking through some and weakening others, and the labour force was one of them. The women in this chapter came from a variety of …	Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker	66	2021	$6.60 Add
From Bourgeoisie, Aristocracy, Church, and Socialists Confront War and Revolution From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	Of an apparently unavoidable Great War, the industrial bourgeoisie expects considerable economic advantages. But the other pillars of the elite, the nobility and the church, also entertain high …	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2016	$1.40 Add
From Canada to China: Crossing to Asia From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	Livingstone’s journey to China on the CPR ship, Empress of Japan. (Chapter includes two photographs)	Dan Black	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Canada to China: Getting to Know Weihaiwei From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	Stationed at the Weihaiwei recruiting depot, Livingstone spends much of his time exploring the region. (Chapter includes three photographs)	Dan Black	22	2019	$2.20 Add
From Canada to China: Migrations From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	The chapter examines different groups of men from Canada and China and why they chose to enlist in the war effort. (Chapter includes two maps and four photographs)	Dan Black	23	2019	$2.30 Add
From Canada to China: Missionaries Accomplished From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	The story of James Menzies, a Christian missionary in China, and his decision to work with the men from the CLC. (Chapter includes one photograph)	Dan Black	24	2019	$2.40 Add
From Canada to China: Overland, but Under Guard From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	The chapter explores how both Canadian and Chinese men passed their time on the train journey westward, and the security protocols adopted to ensure CLC conscripts did not desert. (Chapter …	Dan Black	11	2019	$1.10 Add