Fighting from home : the Second World War in Verdun, Quebec / Serge Marc Durflinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durflinger, Serge Marc, 1961-

Series:

Studies in Canadian military history.

Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Quebec (Province)--Verdun.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--War work--Quebec (Province)--Verdun.

Verdun (Québec)--History--20th century.

Verdun (Québec).

Physical Description:

xvi, 279 p.; [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Verdun, English and French speakers lived side by side. Through their home-front activities as much as through enlistment, they proved themselves partners in the prosecution of Canada's war. Shared experiences and class similarities shaped responses based first and foremost in a sense of local identity. Fighting from Home paints a comprehensive, at times intimate, portrait of Verdun and Verdunites at war. Durflinger offers an innovative interpretive approach to wartime Canadian and Quebec social and cultural dynamics. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Canadian home front during the Second World War.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Maps, Tables, and Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Studying War at the Local Level

Forging a Community

Once More into the Breach

City Hall Goes to War

The People's Response

Institutions and Industry

Family and Social Dislocation

The Political War

Peace and Reconstruction

Conclusion

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-259) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74106-3

9786612741067

0-7748-5510-X

OCLC:

923444215