War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada - Rilegato

Souchen, Alex

 
9780774862929: War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada
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ISBN 10: 0774862920 ISBN 13: 9780774862929
Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2020

Sinossi

War Junk reveals the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada. During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. Although they were crucial to winning the war, these assets turned into peacetime liabilities when hostilities ended in 1945.
Drawing on comprehensive archival research, Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how Canadian policymakers implemented a disposal strategy that facilitated postwar reconstruction. Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives.
From the fear of deflating markets with surplus assets to the thriftiness of upcycling the remnants of war, Souchen argues that the disposal of munitions and supplies was integral to the making of postwar Canada.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Alex Souchen is a historian specializing in warfare, society, and the environment in Canada, based in Kingston. He received his PhD from the University of Western Ontario and held a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies. He currently holds an Associated Medical Services Postdoctoral Fellowship at Trent University&;s Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies.

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Editore
Univ of British Columbia Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0774862920
ISBN 13 
9780774862929
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
282
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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9780774862936: War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada

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ISBN 10:  0774862939 ISBN 13:  9780774862936
Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2020
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