{"product_id":"occupied-st-johns-a-social-history-of-a-city-at-war-1939-1945-paperback","title":"Occupied St John's: A Social History of a City at War, 1939-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven High\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1941, the hulking twenty-one thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St John's harbor, carrying a thousand American soldiers sent to join the thousands of Canadian troops protecting Newfoundland against attack by Germany. France had fallen, Great Britain was fighting for its survival, and Newfoundland - then a dominion of Britain - was North America's first line of defence. Although the German invasion never came, St John's found itself occupied by both Allied Canadian and American forces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOccupied St John's\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the profound impact that the war years had on the city's inhabitants, thrown into a conflict where the \"home front\" was also the \"war front.\" Weaving together interviews with residents who lived through the upheaval as well as archival material, this collection reconstructs the memories of people coping with extraordinary circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLavishly illustrated and engagingly written, \u003ci\u003eOccupied St John's \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable look at the effects of the Second World War on the city, opening another chapter in Newfoundland's fascinating history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven High is Canada Research Chair in Public History and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.9 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457077457145,"sku":"9780773548176","price":76.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3bjrYWWecG9780773548176.webp?v=1780077312","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/occupied-st-johns-a-social-history-of-a-city-at-war-1939-1945-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}