With a unity of purpose : how the First World War changed Newfoundland / Michael R. Westcott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westcott, Michael R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Newfoundland and Labrador.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Newfoundland and Labrador.

World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--Newfoundland and Labrador.

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen’s University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In 1914, the Dominion of Newfoundland found itself at war in defense of the British Empire. On the home front, the war effort reshaped the relationship between citizens and the state, moving from a classical liberalism that emphasized individual rights to a social liberalism that prioritized the rights of the community. The First World War was felt keenly in Newfoundland--in economic hardship, fears of foreign invasion, and anxieties over the fate of loved ones. When the government demanded that all military-aged men owed a duty to enlist with the Newfoundland Regiment, and increasingly depended on women’s domestic work, citizens expected that their service would be rewarded through measures to ensure security and equality on the home front. There was widespread public support for a range of government interventions, including food rationing and price control, prohibition of the sale of alcohol, higher taxes, initiatives to protect against “German spies,” and military conscription if necessary. By the end of the war, support for women’s suffrage had also grown substantially, in acknowledgment of their major contribution to the war effort. With a Unity of Purpose is the first book to examine how wartime Newfoundland and Labrador began to be remade in the image of social liberalism, in which citizens and the state recognized not only their individual rights but their responsibilities to each other."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prohibition

Food Rationing and Price Control

Taxation

Enemy Aliens

Recruiting

Conscription

Women’s War Work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Westcott, Michael R. With a unity of purpose.

ISBN:

9780228022589

0228022584

OCLC:

1428140796

Publisher Number:

90100604386