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Chargement... Winnipeg's Great War: A City Comes of Agepar Jim Blanchard
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A neat social history of Winnipeg, which places Winnipeg's First World War times into the context of the War itself. Pretty balanced history, I would say, and well written. The one flag I would raise concerns the treatment of the "non-British". While there is no doubt that by our standards the ruling elites and the middle class, such as it was, of Winnipeg wore their many prejudices on their sleeves; and while it is obvious that there was a Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 that had class and political overtones; it is not so clear to me that if the clash was so severe, why aren't the scars worse than they appear. Maybe, just maybe, there was a real problem with communism and extreme forms of socialism, these were nipped in the bud, and we are better off for it. So in other words, maybe Mr. Blanchard overstates some of the class war issues. But for all that a great piece of historical writing. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
From the local bestselling author of Winnipeg 1912 comes the riveting next chapter in the city's history. Winnipeg's Great War picks up in 1914, just as the city is regrouping after a brief economic downturn. War comes unexpectedly, thoughts of recovery are abandoned, and the city digs in for a hard-fought four years.Using letters, diaries, and newspaper reports, Jim Blanchard brings us into the homes and public offices of Winnipeg and its citizens to illustrate the profound effect the war had on every aspect of the city, from its politics and economy, to its men on the battlefield, and its war-weary families fighting on the home front. We witness the emergence of the city's social welfare services through the work of women's volunteer organizations; the political scandals that led to the fall of the Rodmond Roblin government; and the clash between independent jitneys and the city's private transit company. And we hear the conflicted emotions that echoed in the city's streets, from anti-foreign sentiment and labour unrest, to patriotic parades, and a spontaneous Victory Day celebration that refused to end.Through these stories, Blanchard reveals how these crucial years set the stage for the decades ahead, and how the First World War transformed Winnipeg into the city it is today. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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