Spring/Summer 2005 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

GENERAL INTERESTCanada and the First World WarEssays in Honour of Robert Craig BrownEdited by David MacKenzieDavid MacKenzie is an associate professor in theDepartment of History at Ryerson University.The First World War is often credited as being theevent that gave Canada its own identity, distinctfrom that of Britain, France, and the United States.Less often noted, however, is that it was also thecause of a great deal of friction within Canadian society.The fifteen essays contained in Canada and theFirst World War examine how Canadians experiencedthe war and how their experiences were shaped byregion, politics, gender, class, and nationalism.Editor David MacKenzie has brought togethersome of the leading voices in Canadian history to takein-depth looks at the tensions and fractures the warcaused and to address the way some attitudes and perceptionsabout the country were changed while othersremained the same. The essays vary in scope, but arestrongly unified so as to create a collection that treatsits subject in a complete and comprehensive manner.Canada and the First World War is a tribute toesteemed University of Toronto historian RobertCraig Brown, one of Canada’s greatest authoritieson the war, and the authors include a cross-sectionof his friends, colleagues, contemporaries,and former students. Together, they provide a fittingtribute to a scholar who has contributedgreatly to Canadians’ understanding of their past.ContributorsDonald AveryRamsay CookTerry CoppAdam CrerarPatrice A. DutilJohn EnglishJ.L. GranatsteinPaul LittDavid MacKenzieMargaret MacMillanDouglas McCallaRod MillardDesmond MortonJoan SangsterJonathan F. VanceOf related interest:Our Glory and Our GriefTorontonians and the Great WarIan Hugh Maclean Miller0-8020-3592-2 / £30.00 / $48.00 / 2002HISTORYApprox. 430 pp / 6 x 9 / January 200530 halftonesCloth ISBN 0-8020-3573-6 £42.00 $65.00 EPaper ISBN 0-8020-8445-1 £20.00 $29.95 CTip Top Lady for soldiers: Soldier with girl’s picture in hat, 1916.Courtesy City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 829.4