Manliness and Militarism: Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War
Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. But why were people excited by the prospect of war? What popular attitudes about war had become ingrained in the society? This book examines the cult of manliness as it developed in Victorian and Edwardian Ontario, revealing a number of factors that fed the eagerness of youth to prove their mettle on the battlefields of Europe.
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Manliness and Militarism: Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War
Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. But why were people excited by the prospect of war? What popular attitudes about war had become ingrained in the society? This book examines the cult of manliness as it developed in Victorian and Edwardian Ontario, revealing a number of factors that fed the eagerness of youth to prove their mettle on the battlefields of Europe.
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Manliness and Militarism: Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War
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Manliness and Militarism: Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War
227
45.95
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780195415940 |
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| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |
| Publication date: | 04/05/2001 |
| Series: | Canadian Social History Series |
| Pages: | 227 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.26(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.51(d) |
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