Cold War workers : labour, family, and community in a nuclear state

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"Cold War Workers explores how security labour transformed the lives of individuals, families, and communities in Canada in ways that were both predictable and surprising, with the militarization and colonization of Indigenous lives and lands being especially disruptive"-- Provided by publisher.

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Canada Armed Forces History 20th century

Cold War Social aspects Canada

Cold War War work Canada

First Nations soldiers

Indigenous labor History 20th century

Indigenous peoples History 20th century

Residential schools

Security sector Canada Employees History 20th century

Women soldiers

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ISBN:

9780228024408
0228024404

Description:

xiv, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

A Tale of Two Worlds
One an Open Book, the Other a Dark Secret: The Life Experiences of Elmer Sinclair in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School and in the Canadian Army / Warren Sinclair
"We Are Willing to Stand on our Own Two Feet," Cold War Moosonee: Adaptation to Change and to Closure of a Radar Station / Sue Heffernan
Voices from the DEW Line / Stacey Fritz and Isabel Campbell
Overcoming Monotony: Sensory Deprivation and Psychological Research in the Cold War / Matthew S. Wiseman
"The Most Common Deviation": The Problem of Pathologizing "Homosexuality" and the Fear of Masculine Weakness at the Toronto Forensic Clinic / Frances Reilly
Constructing the Military Career Woman, 1950s-60s / Sarah Hogenbirk

Control Number:

3408851

Other Authors:

Campbell, Isabel (Historian), editor, author
Fritz, Stacey, author
Heffernan, Sue, author
Hogenbirk, Sarah, author
Reilly, Frances, author
Sinclair, Warren, author
Wiseman, Matthew S., 1986- author

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