Research Catalog

Title

Unwanted warriors : The rejected volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force / Nic Clarke.

Author

Clarke, Nic

Publication

• Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xi, 239 pages : black and white illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War--men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for service." What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers and explores the mechanics of the medical examination, the physical and psychological qualities that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. In the process, he exposes the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms about health and fitness had on individual men and Canadian society during the First World War."--

Series Statement

Studies in Canadian military history

Uniform Title

Studies in Canadian military history.

Subjects

• Canada > Canadian Army > Canadian Expeditionary Force > Medical examinations > History > 20th century
• Canada > Canadian Army > Canadian Expeditionary Force > History > World War, 1914-1918
• Canada > Canadian Army > Canadian Expeditionary Force > Recruiting, enlistment, etc > Evaluation > History > 20th century
• Military service, Voluntary > Canada > History > 20th century
• Canada > Canadian Army > Canadian Expeditionary Force > Recruiting, enlistment, etc > World War, 1914-1918
• World War, 1914-1918 > Canada
• Armies > Canada > History > 20th century
• Soldiers > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-230) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Call Number

JFE 16-7880

ISBN

• 9780774828888 (bound)
• 0774828889 (bound)
• 9780774828901 (pdf) (canceled/invalid)
• 9780774828918 (epub) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015490679

OCLC

909085213

Author

Clarke, Nic, author.

Title

Unwanted warriors : The rejected volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force / Nic Clarke.

Publisher

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in Canadian military history

Studies in Canadian military history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-230) and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Other Form:

Clarke, Nic, 1973-, author. Unwanted warriors. Studies in Canadian military history Studies in Canadian military history (CaOONL)20159030722

Research Call Number

JFE 16-7880