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“Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds.” Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing public support.



Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Getting the Money to Finance Canada’s War

1 Business as Usual, 1914

2 Inching Toward Innovation, 1915–16

3 Crises and Victories, 1917–18

4 Legacies in Peacetime, 1919–20s

Part 2: From Broadside to Vaudeville in the War-Loan Campaigns

5 The Dominion War Loans, 1915–17

6 The First Victory Loan, 1917

7 Pandemic and Peace, 1918

8 Thrift, War Savings, Markets, and the Clean-Up Campaign of 1919

9 The Aftermath, 1919–20s

Part 3: Newfoundland and the Canadian Connection

10 Finance in Newfoundland and the Campaign of 1918

Part 4: Consensus and Resistance

11 The Limits of Patriotism

Part 5: The Images, Sounds, and Words of the War Loans

12 Selling through Posters, Cartoons, and Illustrations

13 Selling through Film, Theatre, Music, and Words

Conclusion

Appendixes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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      Publisher: MN - University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 12/25/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780774869584, 978-0774869584
      ISBN10: 0774869585
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds.” Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing public support.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Part 1: Getting the Money to Finance Canada’s War

      1 Business as Usual, 1914

      2 Inching Toward Innovation, 1915–16

      3 Crises and Victories, 1917–18

      4 Legacies in Peacetime, 1919–20s

      Part 2: From Broadside to Vaudeville in the War-Loan Campaigns

      5 The Dominion War Loans, 1915–17

      6 The First Victory Loan, 1917

      7 Pandemic and Peace, 1918

      8 Thrift, War Savings, Markets, and the Clean-Up Campaign of 1919

      9 The Aftermath, 1919–20s

      Part 3: Newfoundland and the Canadian Connection

      10 Finance in Newfoundland and the Campaign of 1918

      Part 4: Consensus and Resistance

      11 The Limits of Patriotism

      Part 5: The Images, Sounds, and Words of the War Loans

      12 Selling through Posters, Cartoons, and Illustrations

      13 Selling through Film, Theatre, Music, and Words

      Conclusion

      Appendixes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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