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No Free Man: Canada, the Great War, and the Enemy Alien Experience
Bohdan S. Kordan
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Description for No Free Man: Canada, the Great War, and the Enemy Alien Experience
hardcover. An exploration of the "enemy alien" experience in Canada during the Great War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Approximately 8,000 Canadian civilians were imprisoned during the First World War because of their ethnic ties to Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other enemy nations. Although not as well-known as the later internments of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, these incarcerations played a crucial role in shaping debates about Canadian citizenship, diversity, and loyalty. Tracing the evolution and consequences of Canadian government policy towards immigrants of enemy nationality, No Free Man is a nuanced work that acknowledges both the challenges faced by the Government of Canada as well as the experiences of internees and their families. Bohdan Kordan gives ... Read more
Approximately 8,000 Canadian civilians were imprisoned during the First World War because of their ethnic ties to Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other enemy nations. Although not as well-known as the later internments of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, these incarcerations played a crucial role in shaping debates about Canadian citizenship, diversity, and loyalty. Tracing the evolution and consequences of Canadian government policy towards immigrants of enemy nationality, No Free Man is a nuanced work that acknowledges both the challenges faced by the Government of Canada as well as the experiences of internees and their families. Bohdan Kordan gives ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547780
SKU
V9780773547780
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About Bohdan S. Kordan
Bohdan S. Kordan is professor of political studies and director of the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage at St Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, and author of Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War: Internment in Canada during the
Reviews for No Free Man: Canada, the Great War, and the Enemy Alien Experience
" No Free Man, based on extensive and original research, reshapes our understanding of Canadian society and the making of the Canadian nation (at home, rather than on the battlefield) during the First World War. It is an excellent resource for readers and scholars wishing to understand Canada' s long history of internment and human rights violations." Alexander Freund, University ... Read more