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Lost in the Crowd

Acadian Soldiers of Canada's First World War

By: Gregory M.W. Kennedy

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Lost in the Crowd

Acadian Soldiers of Canada's First World War

By: Gregory M.W. Kennedy

In December 1915, as the First World War wore on, Acadian leaders meeting in New Brunswick deplored how soldiers from their communities were “lost in the crowd” of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. They successfully lobbied the federal government for the creation of an Acadian national unit that would be French-speaking, Catholic, and led by their own. More than a thousand Acadians from across the Maritime provinces, Quebec, and the American northeast answered the call. In Lost in the Crowd Gregory Kennedy draws on military archives, census records, newspapers, and soldiers’ letters to present a new kind of military history focusing on the experiences of Acadian soldiers and their families before, during, and after the war. He shows that Acadians were just as likely to enlist as their English-speaking counterparts across the Maritimes, though the backgrounds of the volunteers were quite different. Kennedy tackles controversial topics often missing from the previous historiography, such as underage recruits, desertion, and army discipline. With the help of the 1921 Canadian Census, he explores the factors that influenced post-war outcomes, both positive and negative, for soldiers, families, and communities. Lost in the Crowd offers a completely new and replicable approach to the traditional regimental history, reconstituting the lives of soldiers and their families. The focus on the Acadians, a francophone minority group in the Maritime provinces, significantly shifts our understanding of French Canada and the First World War.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0228020158

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Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Comparing Rural Societies in Acadie and the Loudunais, 1604-1755

By: Gregory M.W. Kennedy

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Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Comparing Rural Societies in Acadie and the Loudunais, 1604-1755

By: Gregory M.W. Kennedy

Were Acadians better off than their rural counterparts in old regime France? Did they enjoy a Golden Age? To what degree did a distinct Acadian identity emerge before the wars and deportations of the mid-eighteenth century? In Something of a Peasant Paradise?, Gregory Kennedy compares Acadie in North America with a region of western France, the Loudunais, from which a number of the colonists originated. Kennedy considers the natural environment, the role of the state, the economy, the seigneury, and local governance in each place to show that similarities between the two societies have been greatly underestimated or ignored. The Acadian colonists and the people of the Loudunais were frontier peoples, with dispersed settlement patterns based on kin groups, who sought to make the best use of the land and to profit from trade opportunities. Both societies were hierarchical, demonstrated a high degree of political agency, and employed the same institutions of local governance to organize their affairs and negotiate state demands. Neither group was inherently more prosperous, egalitarian, or independent-minded than the other. Rather, the emergence of a distinct Acadian identity can be traced to the gradual adaptation of traditional methods, institutions, and ideas to their new environmental and political situations. A compelling comparative analysis based on archival evidence on both sides of the Atlantic, Something of a Peasant Paradise? Challenges the traditional historiography and demonstrates that Acadian society shared many of its characteristics with other French rural societies of the period.

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0773590552

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9780773590557

Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Comparing Rural Societies in Acadie and the Loudunais, 1604-1755

By: Gregory M.W. Kennedy

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Comparing Rural Societies in Acadie and the Loudunais, 1604-1755

By: Gregory M.W. Kennedy

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Women Who Run the Show

How a Brilliant and Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood

By: Mollie Gregory

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Women Who Run the Show

How a Brilliant and Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood

By: Mollie Gregory

Women who stormed the gates of Hollywood's "boy's club" over the past three decades tell their stories in this inside look at the new feminine face of the movie industry.

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Macmillan

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0312316348

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9780312316341

The Ecology and Management of Wetlands

Volume 1: Ecology of Wetlands

By: D. D. Hook,W. H. McKee Jr,H. K. Smith,J. Gregory,V. G. Burrell Jr,M. R. DeVoe,R. E. Sojka,S. Gilbert,R. Banks,L. H. Stolzy,C. Brooks,T. D. Matthews,T. H. Shear

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The Ecology and Management of Wetlands

Volume 1: Ecology of Wetlands

By: D. D. Hook,W. H. McKee Jr,H. K. Smith,J. Gregory,V. G. Burrell Jr,M. R. DeVoe,R. E. Sojka,S. Gilbert,R. Banks,L. H. Stolzy,C. Brooks,T. D. Matthews,T. H. Shear

This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists, soil scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B. B • Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D.D. Hook and R.M.M. Crawford, Ann Arbor Science, 1978). Several contributors to the book suggested in 1983 that a broad-scoped symposium on wetlands would be useful (a) in facilitating communication among the diverse research groups involved in wetlands research (b) in bringing researchers and managers together and (c) in presenting a com-: prehensive and balanced coverage on the status of ecology and management of wetlands from a global perspective. With this encouragement, the senior editor organized a Plan ning Committee that encompassed expertise from many disciplines of wetland scientists and managers. This Committee, with input from their colleagues around the world, organized a symposium that addressed almost every aspect of wetland ecology and management.

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634

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Springer

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0709947712

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9780709947714

Reservoir Sedimentation Handbook

Design and Management of Dams, Reservoirs, and Watersheds for Sustainable Use

By: Gregory L. Morris,Jiahua Fan

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Reservoir Sedimentation Handbook

Design and Management of Dams, Reservoirs, and Watersheds for Sustainable Use

By: Gregory L. Morris,Jiahua Fan

Focusing on reservoir sedimentation management and control, this work defines the nature and severity of sedimentation, reviews relevant physical processes, describes techniques used to combat sedimentation, and presents detailed case studies.

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864

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McGraw Hill Professional

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007043302X

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The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

By: Robert Silverberg,Richard A. Lupoff,Samuel R. Delany,Reginald Bretnor,Marion Zimmer Bradley,Algis Budrys,Fredric Brown,John Gregory Betancourt,Poul Anderson,Randall Garrett,Lester del Rey,Ben Bova

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The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short): UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds ONE-SHOT, by James Blish SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder ZEN, by Jerome Bixby LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. Bone THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben Bova YEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer Bradley EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric Brown HAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson Bond RIYA’S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys ACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter Baily AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacApp DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. Dick THE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. Fontenay THE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall Garrett NAVY DAY, by Harry Harrison THE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett NATIVE SON, by T. D. Hamm JUBILEE, by Richard A. Lupoff FINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt And don't forget to check out all the other volumes in the "Megapack" series! Search on "Megapack" in the ebook store to see the complete list...covering more science fiction volumes, plus adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, westerns, and much more!

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441

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434439526

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9781434439529

John F. Kennedy's 1957 Algeria Speech

The Politics of Anticolonialism in the Cold War Era

By: Gregory D. Cleva

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John F. Kennedy's 1957 Algeria Speech

The Politics of Anticolonialism in the Cold War Era

By: Gregory D. Cleva

John F. Kennedy remains a compelling figure almost sixty years after his tragic assassination. Kennedy’s voice—with all of its characteristic eloquence—as well as the engaging complexity of the man himself, are brought to life in John F. Kennedy’s 1957 Algeria Speech. This book deals with one of Kennedy’s most important as a U.S. Senator—but least recognized—foreign policy speeches calling for Algerian independence after more than a century of French colonial rule. The reader will experience the debate surrounding Kennedy’s speech of July 2, 1957, particularly the resistance it encountered from the Eisenhower administration, French officials, and French citizens, senior members of America’s foreign policy community such as Dean Acheson and Adlai Stevenson, and editorial criticism in some of the most distinguished journals in the United States and France. The author offers new insights into Kennedy’s reasons for giving this speech, as well as his extensive preparation spanning fifteen months. Cleva uses in depth scholarship to analyze several years of classified U.S. Government documents dealing with the Algerian crisis in order to provide this comprehensive study of Kennedy’s Senate speech, how it shaped Kennedy’s own administration, as well its significance to American foreign policy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666901318

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9781666901313

Life with Rose Kennedy

By: Barbara Gibson,Caroline Latham

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Life with Rose Kennedy

By: Barbara Gibson,Caroline Latham

Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes account of Mrs. Kennedy's life and of life within the Kennedy family.

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0446513253

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Lost in the Crowd

Lost in the Crowd

Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Something of a Peasant Paradise?

Women Who Run the Show

Women Who Run the Show

The Ecology and Management of Wetlands

The Ecology and Management of Wetlands

Reservoir Sedimentation Handbook

Reservoir Sedimentation Handbook

The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

John F. Kennedy's 1957 Algeria Speech

John F. Kennedy's 1957 Algeria Speech

Life with Rose Kennedy

Life with Rose Kennedy

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