Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Human Resources during World War IITo determine the government's commitment to a comprehensive mobilization strategy, Stevenson considers the effect of NSS policies on eight significant sectors of the Canadian population: Native Canadians, university students, war industry workers, coal miners, longshoremen, meatpackers, hospital nurses, and textile workers. These case studies show that mobilization officials achieved only a limited number of their regulatory goals and that Ottawa's attempt to organize and allocate the nation's military and civilian human resources on a rational, orderly, and efficient scale was largely ineffective. This detailed assessment of the effect of NSS activities on a broad cross-section of Canadian society provides a fresh perspective on the domestic impact of the Second World War. It will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Canada's economic, military, social, and political history. |
Contents
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The Regulatory Framework of Mobilization | 17 |
Native Canadian Mobilization | 37 |
Student Deferment | 51 |
Coal Labour in Nova Scotia | 90 |
Halifax Longshoremen | 118 |
Meatpacking Labour | 136 |
Female Primary Textile Labour and Nurses | 149 |
A Recapitulation | 172 |
Notes | 179 |
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