Manliness and Militarism: Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War

By Mark Moss

Book Overview

Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. But why were people excited by the prospect of war? What popular attitudes about war had become ingrained in the society? This book examines the cult of manliness as it developed in Victorian and Edwardian Ontario, revealing a number of factors that fed the eagerness of youth to prove their mettle on the battlefields of Europe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195415949
• ISBN13: 9780195415940
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher