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Occupied St John's : a social history of a city at war, 1939-1945 / edited by Steven High.

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Occupied St John's : a social history of a city at war, 1939-1945 / edited by Steven High.
Publication
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

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High, Steven C.
Description
xv, 320 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Summary
"In January 1941, the hulking twenty-one thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St. John's harbour, carrying a thousand American soldiers sent to join the thousands of Canadian troops protecting Newfoundland against attack by Germany. France had fallen, Great Britain was fighting for its survival, and Newfoundland - then a dominion of Britain - was North America's first line of defence. Although the German invasion never came, St. John's found itself occupied by both Allied Canadian and American forces. Occupied St. John's reveals the profound impact that the war years had on the city's inhabitants, thrown into a conflict where the "home front" was also the "war front." Weaving together interviews with residents who lived through the upheaval as well as archival material, this collection reconstructs the memories of people coping with extraordinary circumstances." -- Page 4 of cover.
Subject
  • Civil-military relations > St. John's > History > 20th century
  • Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > St. John's
  • Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > St. John's > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • St. John's (N.L.) > History > 20th century
  • St. John's (N.L.) > History, Military > 20th century
  • St. John's (T.-N.-L.) > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • St. John's (T.-N.-L.) > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle
  • World War, 1939-1945 > St. John's
Genre/Form
Electronic books
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references: p. [303]-310.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
North America's first line of defence. Building a wartime landscape / Christopher A. Sharpe and A.J. Shawyer ; From defended harbour to transatlantic base / Paul Collins -- Remembering wartime St John's. The children's war / Barbara Lorenzkowski ; Rethinking the friendly invasion / Steven High ; Gate keeping and Newfoundland popular culture / Jeff A. Webb ; Mona Wilson and the Canadian Red Cross / Gillian Poulter and Douglas O. Baldwin -- Conclusion. The occupation of St John's in global perspective / Ken Coates and William R. Morrison.
ISBN
  • 9780773537507
  • 0773537503
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library