Anzac labour : workplace cultures in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War /
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| Author / Creator: | Wise, Nathan, author. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
| Description: | xi, 183 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10086276 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Style
- Introduction
- Civilian to Soldier: The Transition of Men From Civil Employment to Military Service
- A fair day's pay for a fair day's work
- Adjusting to military life in training camps
- The absence of a military tradition
- The managerial role of officers
- Industrial action in the AIF
- Routines aboard troopships
- Initial experiences in Egypt
- 3. The Nature of Work-Gallipoli
- The invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula
- Adjusting to the conditons
- Work below ground
- A never-ending job
- 4. The Nature of Work-The Western Front
- The 'real work' of war
- Time spent in the trenches
- 'At the going down of the sun'-night work
- The horrible nature of work
- Work behind the lines
- The pursuit of manliness, pride and social power through work
- Humour and protest
- Cooperative resistance and unit cohesion
- Mutiny on the Western Front
- 5. The Nature of Work-The Near East
- The role of the mounted arms and the work of the mounted soldier
- Working relationships with animals
- The impact of environmental factors on work
- The monotony of military life in the Near East
- The 'class of war' in the Near East
- 6. Return Home:'Perhaps Tomorrow We Will Know Exactly How the Situation Stands'
- Armistice
- Continued work in Europe
- Rebuilding, rehabilitation and 'BON-MILITARY ENJOYMENTÆ
- From one home to another
- Peace at last
- 7. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
