Our glory and our grief
Subtitle: Torontonians and the Great War
By: Ian Hugh Maclean Miller.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Toronto (Ont.) -- History -- 20th century.; Toronto (Ont.) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Other titles: Our glory & our grief
Description: "The citizens of Toronto were thousands of miles behind the front lines, shielded by the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. They were never shelled, they were not gassed, and they were never forced to rise from a trench and trust that fate would keep them safe as they walked across No Man's Land. Nevertheless, Torontonians experienced something called 'War.'".

"Our Glory and Our Grief offers a fresh look at the First World War's effect on Canada's second largest city. What happened in Toronto? What did citizens know about the front? How were the enormous sacrifices of the war rationalized? Why did Torontonians continue to support it?"--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-256) and index.
Based on author's dissertation (doctoral)--Tri-University Doctoral Program, Canada.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; title: Introduction; title: A Great Adventure: Toronto Goes to War; title: A Great Crusade: Keeping Faith with Those Who Died; title: Enlistment and Recruiting: Sending Citizens to War; title: Women and War: Public and Private Spheres; title: Conscription: A Decided Commitment; title: Total War: Total Victory; title: Conclusion; title: APPENDIX A: ETHNIC COMPOSITION; title: APPENDIX B: RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION; title: APPENDIX C: BATTALIONS RAISED; title: NOTE ON SOU,RCES; title: NOTES; title: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; title: INDEX.