topic:"World War I" found 3 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: 75th anniversary publication for Alberta Hotel Association. Includes chapter on George Barr of the King Edward Hotel in Banff, the Andrew family of the Astoria Hotel in Jasper

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Publisher: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press

Publisher: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press

Subjects: World War I; World War, 1914-1918; Internment Camps; Government; History-Canada

Abstract: Presents the history of approximately 8,000 Canadians, who were imprisoned during the First World War because of their ethnic origins from Germany, Austria-Hungary and other enemy nations.

Contents: The uncertainty of war and the limits of acceptance: aliens of enemy Nationality -- Political choices and the prerogatives of state: dealing with the enemy alien problem -- Behind Canadian barbed wire: the policy, process, and practice of internment -- The alien as "enemy": questions of acceptance, belonging, and fit -- The enemy alien experience: towards an understanding.

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Subjects: World War I; World War, 1914-1918; Internment Camps; Government; Calgary Stampede; History-Canada

Abstract: "From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire were imprisoned as "enemy aliens," many with their families. Most were Ukrainians; almost all were civilians. The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory, and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants. Semchuk describes how lives and society have been shaped by acts of legislated racism and how to move toward greater reconciliation, remembrance, and healing. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the cross-cultural and intergenerational consequences of Canada's first internment camps."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Forward; Preface; Acknowledgements; Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund; Introduction; Learning from the Past; Standing Where the Internees Stood; Stories from Internees and Descendants; Spirit Lake Photographs; Engaging Memory Work; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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