History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Meritocracy, Stephen Leacock, William Orpen
6 Apr 2017
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World war 1 lecture 11, february 8, 2016. Canada as it might be (the post war period: the balance sheet, land fit heroes, the spirit of the canadian corps, full citizenship for first nations, a classless society, ending racial animosity, uniting the two solitudes. War did not officially end until june 1919 when the treat of versailles was signed. Not a negotiated settlement (the victors imposing a piece on the losers) Sir william orpen: official war artist contracted by the canadian government. Painted the hall of mirrors depicting the signing of the treaty. The men who started the war are the ones who are going to rebuild it (nothing will change) Four empires fell: german, austro-hungarian, russian, ottoman. Britain came out of the war as a nation in debt to the united states. The map of europe needs to be redrawn. New states created: poland, czechoslovakia, austria, hungary, yugoslavia, palestine,
