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Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War

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Informationen zum Autor Timothy C. Winegard is Assistant Professor of History at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. His publications include Oka: A Convergence of Cultures and the Canadian Forces (2008) and For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War (2012). He served for nine years as an officer in the Canadian Forces including a two-year attachment to the British Army. Klappentext The first comprehensive examination and comparison of the indigenous peoples of the five British dominions during the First World War. Zusammenfassung Drawing upon archival research in four continents! Timothy C. Winegard delivers the first comprehensive comparative history of how the indigenous peoples of Canada! Australia! Newfoundland! New Zealand and South Africa experienced the Great War. He also explores the current and evolving socio-economic and political ramifications of their service and sacrifice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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