For decades, people living in communities along the Canada-US border enjoyed close social and economic relationships with their neighbours across the line. The introduction of new security measures during the First World War threatened this way of life by restricting the movement of people and goods across the border. Many Canadians resented the new regulations introduced by their provincial and federal governments, deriding them as "outside influences" that created friction where none had existed before. Engaging the Line ...
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For decades, people living in communities along the Canada-US border enjoyed close social and economic relationships with their neighbours across the line. The introduction of new security measures during the First World War threatened this way of life by restricting the movement of people and goods across the border. Many Canadians resented the new regulations introduced by their provincial and federal governments, deriding them as "outside influences" that created friction where none had existed before. Engaging the Line examines responses to wartime regulations in six communities and offers a glimpse at the origins of our modern, highly secured border.
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Add this copy of Engaging the Line: How the Great War Shaped the Canada to cart. $53.00, very good condition, Sold by Hourglass Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, BC, CANADA, published 2016 by UBC Press in Association with the Canadian War Museum.
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New. Engaging the Line explores how the First World War forever changed the Canada-US border by examining reactions to increasingly strict security measures in six adjacent border communities. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 484 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499. 2016. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
