Description
For Home and Empire compares home-front mobilization during the First World War in three British dominions, using a settler colonial framework to show that voluntary efforts strengthened communal bonds while reinforcing class, race, and gender boundaries.
About the Author
Steve Marti is a historian based in Kingston, Ontario. He is a co-editor of The Great War: From Memory to History and Fighting with the Empire: Canada, Britain, and Global Conflict, 1867-1947.
Reviews
Steve Marti's lively and informative monograph For Home and Empire: Voluntary Mobilization in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the First World War will be a worthwhile addition to the reading list of anyone interested in understanding the impact of the Great War on the British Empire. -- Patrick H. Brennan * Canadian Journal of History *
Marti weaves together multiple strands of historiography to present fresh insights into the wartime societies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada...[his] level of detail and meticulously supported arguments offer little room for critique. -- Jordan Beavis, University of Newcastle, Australia * Canadian Military History *
Marti's research is impressive and suggestive, and the comparative approach will add substantially to further efforts to understand the Great War in the British Dominions. -- J.L. Grantastein * CHOICE Connect *
Book Information
ISBN 9780774861212
Author Steve Marti
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint University of British Columbia Press
Publisher University of British Columbia Press