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Title Occupied St John's [electronic resource] : a social history of a city at war, 1939-1945 / edited by Steven High.

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Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xv, 320 p., [2] leaves of plates (fold.) : ill., maps.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-310) and index.
Contents	North America's first line of defence -- Building a wartime landscape / Christopher A. Sharpe and A.J. Shawyer -- From defended harbour to transatlantic base / Paul Collins -- Remembering wartime St John's -- The children's war / Barbara Lorenzkowski -- Rethinking the friendly invasion / Steven High -- Gate keeping and Newfoundland popular culture / Jeff A. Webb -- Mona Wilson and the Canadian Red Cross / Gillian Poulter and Douglas O. Baldwin -- Conclusion. The occupation of St John's in global perspective / Ken Coates and William R. Morrison.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's.
	Civil-military relations -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- History -- 20th century.
	St. John's (N.L.) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
	St. John's (N.L.) -- History -- 20th century.
	St. John's (N.L.) -- Strategic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	High, Steven C.
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0773537503
	9780773537507
	9780773581104 (electronic bk.)