Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Canadians in their Setting 1
5. 2. A Nation and its Parts 25
6. 3. Politics and Political Culture 37
7. 4. The Great Boom of 1900-13 55
8. 5. Drink, Labour, Public Ownership, and Corruption, 1900-14 85
9. 6. Canada, the World, and the Empire 107
10. 7. The Politics of War 119
11. 8. Canada's Army 139
12. 9. The War at Home 153
13. 10. Slump and Boom and Slump Again, 1913-22 169
14. 11. Literacy, Literature, and Education 187
15. 12. The Politics of the 1920s 199
16. 13. The Economy in the 1920s 211
17. 14. Defining Canada and her New Empire, 1917-31 229
18. 15. The Social and Economic Impact of the Depression 245
19. 16. Politics and Policy in the Great Depression 259
20. 17. The Making of Modern Times: Culture and Communications, 1919-39 279
21. 18. The Dominion and the Dictators 295
22. 19. The Politics of War, 1939-45 317
23. 20. Fighting the War 337
24. 21. The War Economy, 1939-45 349
25. 22. The Second World War at Home 375
26. 23. Planning for Reconstruction 389
27. Appendix 399
28. Bibliography 401
29. Index 411