Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Canada and the First World War – Thirteen Years On: An Introduction to the Second Edition xiii
6. Part I: Introduction
7. Introduction: Myth, Memory, and the Transformation of Canadian Society 3
8. 1. Craig Brown’s Logical Reason 15
9. Part II: Fighting the War
10. 2. The Military Effort, 1914–1918 35
11. 3. Conscription in the Great War 62
12. 4. Political Leadership in the First World War 76
13. 5. Against Isolationism: Napoléon Belcourt, French Canada, and ‘La grande guerre’ 96
14. 6. The Economic Impact of the Great War 138
15. Part III: The War at Home
16. 7. Mobilizing Women for War 157
17. 8. Supporting Soldiers’ Families: Separation Allowance, Assigned Pay, and the Unexpected 194
18. 9. Ontario and the Great War 230
19. 10. Ethnic and Class Relations in Western Canada during the First World War: A Case Study of European Immigrants and Anglo-Canadian Nativism 272
20. 11. The Crusade for Science: Science and Technology on the Home Front, 1914–1918 300
21. 12. Canada Invaded! The Great War, Mass Culture, and Canadian Cultural Nationalism 323
22. 13. Eastern Approaches: Maritime Canada and Newfoundland 350
23. Part IV: The Aftermath
24. 14. Canada and the Peace Settlements 379
25. 15. Remembering Armageddon 409
26. Contributors 435
27. Index 439