World War I

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Canada to China: Starting Out

Canada to China: Starting Out

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

An account of Harry Livingstone’s initial train journey across Canada in 1917 and those CLC men moving West. (Chapter includes four photographs) 20 $2.00 Add
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Canada to China: The Missionaries

Canada to China: The Missionaries

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

A short history of Canadian Christian missionaries to China and the role they played in the CLC. (Chapter includes three photographs) 22 $2.20 Add
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Canada to France: A Journey Between Oceans

Canada to France: A Journey Between Oceans

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Black explores the train voyage between Vancouver and Halifax, and highlights the ships selected to take the CLC contingents to Britain and France. (Chapter includes three photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Back Behind Wire

Canada to France: Back Behind Wire

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

The chapter examines the hastily set-up transit camp at Petawawa, Ontario, that temporarily housed CLC contingents. (Chapter includes three photographs) 26 $2.60 Add
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Canada to France: Death Behind the Lines

Canada to France: Death Behind the Lines

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

CLC contingents were assigned along the Western Front but primarily in Northern France and Belgium where they were subject to enemy bombing raids and other dangers. (Chapter includes four photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Far From Home, Far From Over

Canada to France: Far From Home, Far From Over

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Almost all CLC contingents remained in Europe following the Armistice, put to work cleaning and clearing the Western front. (Chapter includes three photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Homeward

Canada to France: Homeward

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Black outlines the homeward journey of many CLC contingents: from Europe to England, to Halifax, to Vancouver, to China. (Chapter includes four photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Off the Water, Onto the Rails

Canada to France: Off the Water, Onto the Rails

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

As more and more CLC contingents boarded trains in Vancouver for their cross-country trip, the Canadian government had difficulty stifling news reports of the men and their mission. (Chapter … 22 $2.20 Add
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Canada to France: The Wanted and Unwanted

Canada to France: The Wanted and Unwanted

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

The chapter examines Canada’s immigration policies prior to the CLC experiment and ends with Livingstone’s contingent boarding trains heading east. (Chapter includes two photographs) 21 $2.10 Add
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Canada to France: The Western Front

Canada to France: The Western Front

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Livingstone and his CLC contingent arrive in England and travel to France. Black outlines the work being done by Chinese labourers on the Western Front. (Chapter includes four photographs) 22 $2.20 Add
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Casualties
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Casualties

From: War Among the Clouds

Wilson shares the casualties suffered by New Brunswick airmen that resulted from flying accidents or combat. 26 $2.60 Add
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Challenging a Hostile Community

Challenging a Hostile Community

1900-1939

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax

This chapter discusses the impact of legislated racism including the Head Tax on the Chinese Canadian community as well as the impact of events like the First World War and the Great Depression. … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 4: The Steel Industry, Hydroelectric Power, and Wartime Profits, 1890-1929
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Chapter 4: The Steel Industry, Hydroelectric Power, and Wartime Profits, 1890-1929

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter chronicles the rise of Ontario’s steel and hydroelectric industries and the role the state assumed in development, such as in the case of Ontario Hydro and wartime … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 9: Colonizing the North
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Chapter 9: Colonizing the North

Meat Schemes and Mineral Extraction, 1914-29

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter outlines how needs of wartime contributed to making the Arctic a capitalist frontier in the 1910s–30s and led to the lasting dispossession of Inuit, Dene, Métis, and First … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter One

Chapter One

The Lessons of World War, 1914-1916

From: The Bitter Harvest of War

In this chapter, Theobald provides and overview of how the First World War was received in New Brunswick. He follows the initial optimism and support the war effort experienced within New … 34 $3.40 Add
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Chapter Three

Chapter Three

The Crisis Manifest, December 1917 - November 1918

From: The Bitter Harvest of War

In this chapter, Theobald explores the final year of the war from December 1917 to November 1918. The chapter follows the consequences of the conscription crisis, looks at how the loss and … 20 $2.00 Add