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Disaster Citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era / Jacob A.C. Remes. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016. xi, 283 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, 25 cm.
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A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
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Funeral Service held at Halifax, Nova Scotia on Monday December 17th, 1917 of the Unidentified Dead who lost their lives in the Great Catastrophe, Thursday, December 6th, 1917 Halifax, NS : 1917. 3 pages ; 28 cm.
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Conducted by The Archbishop of Nova Scotia, Captain, The Rev. Robert Johnston, The Rev. Robert C. Tait, The Rev. G. F. Bolster, The Rev. W. M. Weaver, Colonel Hargraves.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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The Halifax Disaster December 6th 1917 / by James T. Walsh. Halifax, NS : W.G. McLaughlin, 1917. 4 pages ; 23 cm.
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Poem written about the devastation of the Halifax Explosion on the city and the people who live there.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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Some Impressions of the Great Disaster which befell Halifax and Dartmouth December 6th, 1917 / by C.W. Vernon. Halifax, NS : C.W. Vernon, 1917. 8 pages ; 24 cm.
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First hand account of the start of the relief effort. Descriptions of the devastation to the people, the communities/infrastructure.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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Three lists: Micmac deaths attributed to the Halifax Explosion / researched by: Gary Shutlak, Don (Byrd) Awalt, Murial Cottam Yorke. Unbound volume, 58 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Lists include Jerry Lone Cloud list to Harry Piers (as in "The Old Man Told Us), Department of Indian Affairs list (same as in "Ground Zero List") and John Peter Cope to his sister Rachel Cop list ... to Muriel Cottam Yorke. Includes bibliography.
Awalt, Don (Byrd)
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Mi'Kmaq — Nova Scotia — Death
Micmac Indians — Nova Scotia — Death
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Dorothy May Collins : A Story of a life altered by the Halifax Explosion / by Dorothy Brown. Toronto, ON : Dorothy Brown, 2017. 92 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm.
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The story of Dorothy May Collins' and her family's experience during and after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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Chasse-Marée No 292 : Des Bateaux Et Des Hommes / Pol Corvez. Chasse-Marée (Douarnenez Cedex, FR). 93 pages ; 28 cm.
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French magazine that has an article about the Halifax Explosion ; article titled "La Grande Explosion de Halifax" by Pol Corvez (pages 60-73). The remaining articles are nautical in theme and cover different geographic areas.
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"We Harbor no Evil Design" : Rehabilitation Efforts after the Halifax Explosion of 1917 / edited by David A. Sutherland. North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press ; Toronto : The Champlain Society, 2017. 533 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Introduction and annotations by David A. Sutherland. This volume features key documents from the Papers of the Halifax Relief Commission (HRC), which was established in the wake of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The HRC was a quasi-governmental authority endowed with sweeping authority to implement a long-term program of reconstruction and rehabilitation to improve the qualify of life for the people of Halifax and neighbouring Dartmouth.
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The 90th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917 / Grade 6 students of Sir Charles Tupper Elementary School. Halifax: Sir Charles Tupper School, 2007. 54 pages : illustrations some copies; 28 cm.
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Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.
Halifax (N.S.)—History—Explosion, 1917.
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The Halifax Explosion of 1917 : the oculist experience / Chryssa N. McAlister, T. Jock Murray, Charles E. Maxner. Ottawa : Ont. : Canadian Opthalmological Society, 2008. ppages 27-32 : illustrations; 28 cm.
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In: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol.43, no.1
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Eye — Wounds and injuries — Nova Scotia — Halifax.
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour, December 6, 1917 : the Salvation Army's relief operations / by Major Ralph Pilgrim. The author, 1994. 39 pages : illustrations, ports.; 28 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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The biggest bang / Rob Milson. Surrey, U.K. : National Archives, 2007. ppages 44-49 : illustrations; 30 cm.
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In: Ancestors, issue 64 December 2007.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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The Halifax disaster (1917) : eye injuries and their care / Chryssa N. McAlister. Br J Ophthalmol, 2007. 4 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
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From: Br J Ophthalmol 2007;91:832-835
Halifax (N.S.) — Explosion, 1917
Eye — Wounds and Injuries — Halifax (N.S.) — Explosion, 1917.
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Book of remembrance : Halifax Explosion, 6 December 1917 - list of those who died Halifax : Edmund Morris , 2002. 48 pages : 36 cm.
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Cover title. "Updates to the information contained in this volume are available in the online version of 'The Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance: List of the Known Dead,' located at: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/remembrance".
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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Captain John Watson's experience in the Halifax Explosion / a reminiscence compiled and collated by various family members; submitted by Joyce Watson. Uxbridge, Ont. : Joyce Watson, 1997. 4 pages : 28 cm.
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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Dartmouth's day of anguish : the Explosion, December 6, 1917 / by Harry Chapman. Dartmouth : Dartmouth Museum Society, 1992. vi, 45 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
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Dartmouth Historical Association
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Titanic times : a tour of Titanic sites and other Maritime history Rev. ed. Halifax : Effective Publishing, 1999. 23 pages : illustrations; 35 cm.
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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The Ship Imo v. la Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (consolidated appeals) Harrison and Sons, 1920. 19 pages : 33 cm.
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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A Vision of regeneration : reconstruction after the Halifax Explosion, 1917-1921 Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1992. 46 pages : 28 cm.
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Exhibition held November 13, 1992 - February 13, 1993.
Public Archives of Nova Scotia.
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour : December 6, 1917 / Halifax City Regional Library. Halifax : the Library, 1992. 14 pages : 22 cm.
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Selected resources available at Halifax City Regional Library.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917 — Bibliographies
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Worse than war : the Halifax explosion / M. Pauline Murphy Sutow. 1st ed. Tantallon : Four East, 1992. 42 pages : illustrations; 16 x 23 cm.
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917 — Juvenile literature.
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Poems : a Broken heart, Halifax in Ruins, Over the Top / S.B. Fullerton. Amherst : 1918. 6 pages.
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Halifax (N.S.) — Explosion, 1917 — Poetry
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Disaster's little known pioneer = Canada's Samuel Henry Prince 1988. 213-232 pages.
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In: International journal of mass emergencies and disasters, Nov. 1988, vol. 6, no. 3.
Disaster relief — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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The Halifax explosion : realities and myths / Alan Ruffman. Halifax : The Author, 1987. 29 pages; 28 cm.
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The working text for three talks given on CBC Radio's Information Morning show. -- Leaf [1.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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The Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917: a list of books and other materials relating to the disaster 2nd rev. ed. Halifax: Halifax City Regional Library, 1984. 10 pages; 22 cm.
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917 — Bibliographies
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