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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

High, Steven, Author.

Contributor:

High, Steven C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's.

World War, 1939-1945.

Civil-military relations--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--History--20th century.

Civil-military relations.

St. John's (N.L.)--History, Military--20th century.

St. John's (N.L.).

St. John's (N.L.)--History--20th century.

St. John's (N.L.)--Strategic aspects--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In January 1941, the hulking twenty-one thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St John's harbor, 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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-310) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-53028-7

9786613842732

0-7735-8110-3

OCLC:

767734170