Great War Profiteering, Patriotism, and the Democratic Revolt in English Canada, 1914 to 1922

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dc.contributor.advisorStephenson, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorTarga, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-14T20:18:09Z
dc.date.available2022-09-14T20:18:09Z
dc.date.copyright2022-05-03
dc.date.issued2022-08-08
dc.date.updated2022-09-14T20:18:09Z
dc.degree.disciplineHistory
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractIn Canadian Great War historiography, the late-war and post-WWI revolt has remained a conspicuous subject for exploring regional and class conflict. This dissertation examines the revolt with a new analytical perspective centred on patriotism and profiteering. The first section of this study constructs a cultural framework called Great War culture. Based on the limitations of the state, it became necessary to militarize socialization so that a major war effort could be undertaken. Through this process, Canada experienced a war-centric cultural shift, whereby social and political belonging became premised on patriotic identity. The term “profiteering” emerged as part of the war-centric lexicon to designate those who were disregarding patriotic sensibilities and selfishly exploiting the war for profit. The second section of this dissertation examines three major interpretations of Great War profiteering between 1914 and 1918: war profiteering, food profiteering, and alien profiteering. It provides an understanding of each controversy through the perspective of federal politicians and state officials; leaders in the labour, farmers’, and veterans’ movements; and ordinary patriots in English Canada. It argues that Borden’s administration failed to curb patriotic outrage and disillusionment, setting the stage for explosive post-war militancy and unrest. The final section examines how workers, farmers, and veterans drew upon the legitimacy of the Great War as a struggle for democracy to challenge the terms of post-war reconstruction. As this section explores, patriots undertook this revolt by using direct action involving violence and industrial militancy. They also used political action to challenge party politics, which some believed to be a root cause of the profiteering evil.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/39710
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectHistory
dc.subject.keywordsGreat War
dc.subject.keywordsThe Great War
dc.subject.keywordsFirst World War
dc.subject.keywordsWW1
dc.subject.keywordsWorld War One
dc.subject.keywordsPostwar
dc.subject.keywordsPost-war
dc.subject.keywordsPost-war period
dc.subject.keywordsProfiteering
dc.subject.keywordsProfiteer
dc.subject.keywordsProfiteers
dc.subject.keywordsGreat War culture
dc.subject.keywordsCulture
dc.subject.keywordsKultur
dc.subject.keywordsPolitics
dc.subject.keywordsPatriotism
dc.subject.keywordsPatriotic sensibilities
dc.subject.keywordsPatriot
dc.subject.keywordsPatriots
dc.subject.keywordsDemocracy
dc.subject.keywordsDemocratic revolt
dc.subject.keywordsRevolt
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsImperial Germany
dc.subject.keywordsBritish Empire
dc.subject.keywordsWorkers
dc.subject.keywordsWorking class
dc.subject.keywordsWorker militancy
dc.subject.keywordsLabour militancy
dc.subject.keywordsStrikes
dc.subject.keywordsGeneral strike
dc.subject.keywordsStrike
dc.subject.keywordsLabour strike
dc.subject.keywordsTrade union
dc.subject.keywordsTrade unions
dc.subject.keywordsTrade unionism
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial unions
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial union
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial unionism
dc.subject.keywordsOne big union
dc.subject.keywordsRadicalism
dc.subject.keywordsCommunism
dc.subject.keywordsSocialism
dc.subject.keywordsProgressivism
dc.subject.keywordsModerate socialism
dc.subject.keywordsModerate socialist
dc.subject.keywordsSocialist
dc.subject.keywordsFarmers
dc.subject.keywordsFarmer
dc.subject.keywordsAgrarian
dc.subject.keywordsAgrarians
dc.subject.keywordsVeterans
dc.subject.keywordsGreat war veterans
dc.subject.keywordsGWVA
dc.subject.keywordsLiberals
dc.subject.keywordsLiberal
dc.subject.keywordsConservative
dc.subject.keywordsConservatives
dc.subject.keywordsUnionists
dc.subject.keywordsUnion
dc.subject.keywordsUnion party
dc.subject.keywordsProgressives
dc.subject.keywordsProgressive
dc.subject.keywordsProgressive Party
dc.subject.keywordsIndependent Labour Party
dc.subject.keywordsLabour Party
dc.subject.keywordsLabor Party
dc.subject.keywordsUnited Farmers
dc.subject.keywordsGrain Growers
dc.subject.keywordsLabour
dc.subject.keywordsMovement
dc.subject.keywordsTrades and Labour Congress
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian Agricultural Association
dc.subject.keywordsNonpartisan League
dc.subject.keywordsIndependent politics
dc.subject.keywordsParty politics
dc.subject.keywordsGrassroots politics
dc.subject.keywordsSocial gospel
dc.subject.keywordsChipman
dc.subject.keywordsFrancq
dc.subject.keywordsPuttee
dc.subject.keywordsGood
dc.subject.keywordsIrvine
dc.subject.keywordsBland
dc.subject.keywordsWoodsworth
dc.subject.keywordsO'Connor
dc.subject.keywordsBorder
dc.subject.keywordsRobert Borden
dc.subject.keywordsLaurier
dc.subject.keywordsHughes
dc.subject.keywordsSam Hughes
dc.subject.keywordsFlavelle
dc.subject.keywordsAllison
dc.subject.keywordsJohn Wesley Allison
dc.subject.keywordsPrime Minister
dc.subject.keywordsSlackers
dc.subject.keywordsShirkers
dc.subject.keywordsEnemy aliens
dc.subject.keywordsAliens
dc.subject.keywordsGermans
dc.subject.keywordsGerman Canadians
dc.subject.keywordsXenophobia
dc.subject.keywordsXenophobic-patriotism
dc.subject.keywordsRacism
dc.subject.keywordsNativism
dc.subject.keywords1914
dc.subject.keywords1915
dc.subject.keywords1916
dc.subject.keywords1917
dc.subject.keywords1918
dc.subject.keywords1919
dc.subject.keywords1920
dc.subject.keywords1921
dc.subject.keywords1922
dc.subject.keywordsTaxation
dc.subject.keywordsTax
dc.subject.keywordsTaxes
dc.subject.keywordsFiscal policy
dc.subject.keywordsFood
dc.subject.keywordsFood regulation
dc.subject.keywordsCold storage
dc.subject.keywordsFood control
dc.subject.keywordsFood conservation
dc.subject.keywordsFood prices
dc.subject.keywordsNationalization
dc.subject.keywordsBoard of Commerce
dc.subject.keywordsAlien Investigation Board
dc.subject.keywordsFood Controller
dc.subject.keywordsCanada Food Board
dc.subject.keywordsManufacturing
dc.subject.keywordsShells
dc.subject.keywordsWar materiel
dc.subject.keywordsWar contracts
dc.subject.keywordsWar brokers
dc.subject.keywordsWar contract scandals
dc.subject.keywordsWar industry
dc.subject.keywordsWar industries
dc.subject.keywordsMunitions
dc.subject.keywordsMunitions industry
dc.subject.keywordsImperial Munitions Board
dc.subject.keywordsShell Committee
dc.subject.keywordsCapitalism profit
dc.subject.keywordsMorality of profit
dc.subject.keywordsMorality
dc.subject.keywordsMoral profit
dc.titleGreat War Profiteering, Patriotism, and the Democratic Revolt in English Canada, 1914 to 1922
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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