James M. Pitsula is a professor of Canadian history at the University of Regina, Canada. He is the author of five books in political and social history.
"[This] book should be welcomed, for it provides a wealth of
information about the ways the war affected ethnic and class
relations, gender identity, Canadian citizenship, social movements,
and politics. For All We Have And Are contextualizes these issues
in a regional centre and provincial capital convinced its success
depended on a wheat economy sucked dry by the 'Big Interests' in
Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal. The Anglo-Canadian majority in the
city of 30,000 were also convinced of the superiority of the
'British civilization' to which they belonged. Pitsula's
exploration of the way the war emboldened this ethno-cultural bias
and its consequences for the large proportion of non-British
immigrants in the city (many of whom lived in Regina's
'Germantown') and province is one of the book's major
strength's."--Nathan Smith "University of Toronto Quarterly, Winter
2010"
"Between the battlefield and the home front, Regina contributed
policies, produce, and people to Canada's war effort. The city was
affected by many of the same issues that faced the rest of the
nation: loyalty of immigrants, maximizing production, conscription,
and social reform movements. Though unique in many ways, Pitsula
demonstrates that the city was trying to adhere to emerging
Canadian ideals and values. For this reason, For All We Have and
Are is not only an in-depth study of Regina and Saskatchewan in the
First World War, but an accurate look at the Canadian war
experience."-- "Canadian Military History, Autumn 2009"
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