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Death on two fronts : national tragedies and the fate of democracy in Newfoundland, 1914-34 / Sean Cadigan.
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- ISBN: 9780670065394 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xxvii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Allen Lane, 2013.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Political culture > Newfoundland and Labrador > History. Newfoundland and Labrador > Politics and government > 1855-1934. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 971.802 Cad | 31681002683506 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
Death on Two Fronts , part of The History of Canada series, examines the tragic transÂformation of Newfoundlandâs political culture between 1914 and 1934. For many people throughout Canada and the rest of the world, 1914 was important because it marked the beginning of the First World War. While the year became significant for the same reason in Newfoundland, it was not originally so. Newfoundlandâs economy depended on the sea, and the seal hunt was vital. During the spring of 1914, seventy-seven men of the S.S. Newfoundland died and many more were injured when they became lost on the ice fields, locally known as âthe front,â off the northÂeast coast. What became known as theNewfoundlandsealing disaster galvanized popular discontent against mercantile profiteering and recklessness on the seal hunt, and influenced Newfoundland politics. The Great War muted this discontent and fostered a nationalist political culture founded on notions of honour, sacrifice, and patriotismâparticularly after the mass deaths in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont Hamel. This nationalism was easily shaken, however, in the post-war economic crisis that plagued Newfoundland, frustrating more progressive attempts to deal with economic and social problems, and led to the collapse of responsible govÂernment in 1934. Although sealers had died in 1914 and soldiers fell in the years of the Great War, it was liberal democracy in Newfoundland that was the final casualty in the bitter struggles over the meaning of these events.
