Indigenous peoples and the Second World War : the politics, experiences and legacies of war in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand / R. Scott Sheffield, Noah Riseman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheffield, R. Scott, author.

Riseman, Noah J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Aboriginal Australian.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Maori.

Indigenous peoples--History--20th century.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--International cooperation--History--20th century.

United States--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Canada--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Canada.

Australia--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Australia.

New Zealand--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

During the Second World War, Indigenous people in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada mobilised en masse to support the war effort, despite withstanding centuries of colonialism. Their roles ranged from ordinary soldiers fighting on distant shores, to soldiers capturing Japanese prisoners on their own territory, to women working in munitions plants on the home front. R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman examine Indigenous experiences of the Second World War across these four settler societies. Informed by theories of settler colonialism, martial race theory and military sociology, they show how Indigenous people and their communities both shaped and were shaped by the Second World War. Particular attention is paid to the policies in place before, during and after the war, highlighting the ways that Indigenous people negotiated their own roles within the war effort at home and abroad.

Contents:

Indigenous peoples and settler colonialism to 1900

Indigenous peoples and settler militaries, 1900-1945

Engagement : indigenous voluntary military service

Experiences of military life

Mobilising indigeneity : indigenous knowledge, language, and culture in the war effort

Home front experiences

Contesting engagement : conscription and the limits of indigenous collaboration

Homecomings : transition to peace, veterans' return, and access to veterans' benefits

Rehabilitating assimilation : post-war reconstruction and indigenous policy reform.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2018).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781108690959

1108690955

9781108690973

1108690971

9781108341172

1108341179