Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War
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- Author: Timothy C. Winegard, University of Waterloo, Ontario
- Date Published: November 2014
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107449008
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This pioneering comparative history of the participation of indigenous peoples of the British Empire in the First World War is based upon archival research in four continents. It provides the first comprehensive examination and comparison of how indigenous peoples of Canada, Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa experienced the Great War. The participation of indigenes was an extension of their ongoing effort to shape and alter their social and political realities, their resistance to cultural assimilation or segregation and their desire to attain equality through service and sacrifice. While the dominions discouraged indigenous participation at the outbreak of war, by late 1915 the imperial government demanded their inclusion to meet the pragmatic need for military manpower. Indigenous peoples responded with patriotism and enthusiasm both on the battlefield and the home front and shared equally in the horrors and burdens of the First World War.
Read more- The first detailed examination of the experience of indigenous peoples of British dominions during the First World War
- Uses the First World War as a medium to investigate the broader ramifications of indigenous service
- Based on extensive archival research in Britain, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Australia
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"A groundbreaking work on British and Dominion military policy in the First World War and the evolution of Dominion citizenship."
The NYMAS ReviewSee more reviews"Winegard’s study is based on extensive archival work across all the Dominions, and he has a solid grasp of the secondary literature as well. In his reconstruction of the legal and political framework Winegard is careful not to lose the individual experiences and voices of the indigenous soldiers. In addition to the soldiers’ experiences, he also examines the impact of the war on the indigenous Home Front … In addition to specialists in minority groups during wartime, this book will be an interest to scholars who study the mobilization of resources in an age of total war."
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- Date Published: November 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107449008
- length: 332 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- contains: 21 b/w illus. 4 maps 10 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Colonization and the settler state
2. Racial constructs and martial theories
3. Precedents of military pragmatism
4. Dominion Defence Acts
5. 1914: subjugated spectators
6. 1915–16: King and country call
7. 1917–18: all the King's men
8. Indigenous soldiers
9. The home front
10. Peace with prejudice
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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