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Author Pitsula, James M., 1950-

Title For all we have and are : Regina and the experience of the Great War / James M. Pitsula
Published Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (364 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Contents War comes to Regina -- The first year -- Brave new world -- The battle over schools -- The preacher and the Premier -- News from the front -- The Twenty-Eighth Battalion -- The end of voluntarism -- The economy and the rural myth -- Religion and social reform -- Returned soldiers -- Victory
Summary The First World War profoundly affected every community in Canada. In Regina, the politics of national identity, the rural myth, and the social gospel all lent a distinctive flavour to the city's experience of the Great War. For many Reginans, the fight against German militarism merged with the struggle against social evils and the "Big Interests," adding new momentum to the forces of social reform, including the fights for prohibition and women's suffrage. James M. Pitsula traces these social movements against the background of the lives of Regina men who fought overseas in battles such as Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge. Skillfully combining vivid detail with the larger social context, For All We Have and Are provides a nuanced picture of how one Canadian community rebuilt both its realities and myths in response to the cataclysm of the "war to end all wars."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-354) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Saskatchewan -- Regina
HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
SUBJECT Regina (Sask.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Saskatchewan -- Regina
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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