| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; One: Background to War; Two: How to Raise a Battalion; Three: Soldiers versus Citizens; Four: Change the Name!; Five: The Tappert Skirmish; Six: Defeat at Queen's Park; Seven: Victory at Queen's Park; Eight: The Referendum Battle; Nine: The Vote; Ten: Kitchener Wins; Eleven: Mopping Up; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In August 1914, Berlin, Ontario, settled largely by people of German origin, was a thriving, peaceful city. By the spring of 1915 it was a city torn apart by the tensions of war. By September 1916, Berlin had become Kitchener. It began with the need to raise a battalion of 1,100 men to support the British war effort. Meeting with resistance from a peace-loving community and spurred on by the jingoistic nationalism that demanded troops to fight the hated "Hun," frustrated soldiers began assaulting citizens in the streets and, on one infamous occasion, a Lutheran clergyman in his parsonage. O |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kitchener (Ont.) -- History
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Kitchener (Ont.) -- Name
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Ontario -- Kitchener
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History.
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history (discipline)
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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History
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Ontario -- Kitchener
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780889208612 |
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0889208611 |
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