UID:
almahu_9947414370602882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139057387 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge military histories
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Colonization and the settler state -- Racial constructs and martial theories -- Precedents of military pragmatism -- Dominion defence acts -- 1914 : subjugated spectators -- 1915-1916 : king and country call -- 1917-1918 : all the king's men -- Indigenous soldiers -- Home front -- Peace with prejudice.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107014930
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139057387
