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Author Sheffield, R. Scott, author.

Title Indigenous peoples and the Second World War : the politics, experiences and legacies of war in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand / R. Scott Sheffield, Noah Riseman
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages)
Contents Indigenous peoples and settler colonialism to 1900 -- Indigenous peoples and settler militaries, 1900-1945 -- Engagement : indigenous voluntary military service -- Experiences of military life -- Mobilising indigeneity : indigenous knowledge, language, and culture in the war effort -- Home front experiences -- Contesting engagement : conscription and the limits of indigenous collaboration -- Homecomings : transition to peace, veterans' return, and access to veterans' benefits -- Rehabilitating assimilation : post-war reconstruction and indigenous policy reform
Summary "Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: During the Second World War, Indigenous people in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada mobilised en masse to support the war effort, despite withstanding centuries of colonialism. Their roles ranged from ordinary soldiers fighting on distant shores, to soldiers capturing Japanese prisoners on their own territory, to women working in munitions plants on the home front. R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman examine Indigenous experiences of the Second World War across these four settler societies. Informed by theories of settler colonialism, martial race theory and military sociology, they show how Indigenous people and their communities both shaped and were shaped by the Second World War. Particular attention is paid to the policies in place before, during and after the war, highlighting the ways that Indigenous people negotiated their own roles within the war effort at home and abroad"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Aboriginal Australian
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Maori
Indigenous peoples -- History -- 20th century
Indigenous peoples -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Ethnic relations
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples -- International cooperation
Military participation -- Indian
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Australia -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
New Zealand -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Riseman, Noah J., author.
ISBN 9781108690973
1108690971