The following text field will produce suggestions that follow it as you type.

Popular Categories

Fight or Pay by Desmond Morton, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Compare Fight or Pay by Desmond Morton, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Desmond Morton

$39.95

Our slogan has always been ‘Fight or Pay.’ We call upon the people to enlist or help others enlist. We sometimes say: ‘If you cannot put the "I" into fight, put the "pay" into patriotism,’ and that serves as a slogan on any platform.– Sir Herbert Ames, founder of the Canadian Patriotic FundUnlike the Second World War, the Great War exists in the collective memory of Canadians as a tragic war. Characterized by the brutality of trench warfare, the First World War is remembered largely for the immense sacrifice in life and limb of Canadian soldiers. In Fight or Pay, reknowned historian Desmond Morton turns his eye to the stories of those who paid in lieu of fighting – the wives, mothers, and families left behind when soldiers went to war. Aware that the recruiting effort would fail if men were forced to choose between their families and the front, the Canadian government and its wealthy backers introduced the Canadian Patriotic Fund, known in its day as "the Patriotic." Charged with support of soldiers’ loved ones, the Patriotic and its volunteers set out to take over their lives and transform them into a middle-class model of frugal self-denial. Meanwhile, the Militia Department took on the task of deciding which dependants a soldier could support. Suddenly, the State and private philanthropists were managing family decisions that had never been their business before. A pan-Canadian story, Fight or Pay brings to light the lives of thousands of valiant women whose sacrifices have been overlooked in previous histories of the Great War. It is also an incisive and honest look at the beginnings of a social welfare system that Canadians have come to think of as intrinsic to citizenship. Social and military historians, scholars of gender studies, descendants of First World War families, and anyone with an interest in popular history will find Morton’s tale a rich addition to the landscape of Canadian history. | Fight or Pay by Desmond Morton, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Compare more products to Desmond Morton

Working People by Desmond Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Working People by Desmond Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $37.95
Working People by Desmond Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Working People by Desmond Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $34.95
Canada by Desmond Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Canada by Desmond Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $24.99
Desmond McFarlane by Billroy Powell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Desmond McFarlane by Billroy Powell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $27.75
How Would You Like To Pay? by Bill Maurer, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

How Would You Like To Pay? by Bill Maurer, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $31.95
Beyond Power by Desmond Avery, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Beyond Power by Desmond Avery, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $157.00
Willing To Pay? by Sven H. Steinmo, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Willing To Pay? by Sven H. Steinmo, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $118.52
On Money by Rick Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

On Money by Rick Morton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $15.99
Who Pays? by Charles Hanly, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Who Pays? by Charles Hanly, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $10.00
Just for the Money by Danielle Therrien, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Just for the Money by Danielle Therrien, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $40.00
Pay Or Play by Howard Michael Gould, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Pay Or Play by Howard Michael Gould, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $38.99
Paying The Price by Reno I Johnson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Paying The Price by Reno I Johnson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $15.32
Fight To Win by Martin Dougherty, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Fight To Win by Martin Dougherty, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $14.95
Songs without Music by Desmond Manderson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Loading Inventory...

Songs without Music by Desmond Manderson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Coles

Current price: $78.95
Powered by Adeptmind