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Author Fedorowich, Kent, 1959-

Title Unfit for heroes : reconstruction and soldier settlement in the empire between the wars / Kent Fedorowich
Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Series Studies in imperialism
Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Contents 1. Past policies and precedents, 1650-1914 -- 2. Empire migration, soldier settlement and British wartime initiative, 1914-1922 -- 3. Maintaining a tradition -- 4. Soldier settlement in Canada: a dominion responsibility -- 5. Anglicisation, soldier settlement and the politicisation of British immigration to South Africa -- 6. Australia and New Zealand: the failure of the Anzac legend -- Conclusion: foredoomed to failure?
Summary Drawing together previously untapped primary sources, this study explores important social and economic aspects of the transition of Anglo-dominion relations between the onset of World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression. This book will be essential reading for both specialist and undergraduates studying the history of the British Empire, in particular Anglo-dominion relations
This detailed study not only examines the dominions' attempts to meet the daunting challenges of the post-war world, but also the political manoeuvres and economic initiatives which formed the basis of a new period in Anglo-dominion relations. Soldier settlement was seen as the economic cornerstone of a new and dynamic post-war society. The participation of British veterans provided the foundation for the more ambitious empire migration strategy developed by the imperial architect, Leo Amery
The resettlement and rehabilitation of the British Empire's servicemen and women after World War I presented post-war administrations with a host of acute social, political and economic problems. One of the more expensive solutions advanced by reconstruction planners was the resettlement of returning veterans on the land
Analysis Commonwealth countries
Resettlement History
Notes Index: p. 238-243
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-237) and index
Subject Agricultural colonies -- Great Britain -- Africa -- Colonies -- History.
Agricultural colonies -- Commonwealth countries -- History -- 20th century.
Agricultural colonies -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History.
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- Africa.
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Commonwealth countries.
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa.
Soldier settlements -- Commonwealth countries -- History
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Africa.
Veterans -- Commonwealth countries -- History -- 20th century.
Veterans -- Great Britain -- Africa -- Colonies -- History.
Veterans -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History.
LC no. 94027753
ISBN 0719041082 (hardback)