HIS263Y1 Lecture : the home front
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Wwi: the home front february 3: the government"s war 1914. Increasingly, the government moves to suppress its treatment of enemy aliens. ": moved to also regulate economy. By 1916-7 it becomes more intrusive in economic life. Originally a war measure, it never went away. Fuel & food controller: government governed production, and consumption of food and fuel, consequences was an increasing cost of living. War and community: war is about community mobilization moving communities to a specific cause, churches preaches sermons that regarded the importance of fighting, schools: built war into curriculum. A manitoba teacher produced a play that would allow the students to perform to parents and staff how canada acted in the war. In the finale of the war, 9 boys represented the 9 provinces with wooden rifles: arithmetic war: every problem solved counted for a german soldier captured. Every 30 prisoners allowed the student to go up in rank.
