Isbn: 9780802057051 - winning the second battle: canadian veterans and the return to civilian life, 1915-1930: canadian veterans and the return to civilian life, 1915-30 (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Printed/illustrated red cloth hard covers. SIGNED by Glenn Wright, with brief inscription, on title-page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. No imperfections found. No notations, highlighting or underlining. -- Each book checked by hand at time of listing, and guaranteed to be as described. Please inquire for more details. Prompt shipping. Includes tracking. [1/2].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. None -as Issued. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Canadian Veterans and the Return to Civilian Life: 1915 -1930.' 328 pages with a large section of appendices - including one showing likelihood of wound survival - and an INDEX. As WWI vets returned, Canada was in a state of jingoistic opportunism. Muddying the waters slightly was the question: Was the American or the British model, the ideal to follow ? If every returning soldier had been able-bodied and willing to take up farming on newly opened lands, things would have breezed along. Yet, there was the question of compensation and even one of enemy aliens. LEARN about Old Originals, Alex Ross, prosthetics, widows, MHC, Canteen Fund, slackers, Vimy Pilgrimage, and neurasthenia. Cond : Boards are orange with black lettering. Front cover photo is of soldiers of the CEF waiting for demobilization in England. Volume is tight bright, square and clean with minimal wear. Minimal soiling. Has a Calgary library stamp(s) and a Sale Item stamp. None-the-less an excellent reference. Quote (p. 82) : " That evening, 2 August, the midsummer heat filled Toronto's business thoroughfares with civilians, soldiers, returned men , and convalescents from the big hospitals. Rumours that Greek waiters had attacked a disabled veteran at the White City Cafe on Yonge Street provided a spark ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. B/W Photographs (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. xiv, [26], 328 p. 24 cm. 35 p. of illustrations incl. photos and tables. Orange cloth with black print. Former owner's signature on dedication page.