SOVIET-POLISH RELATIONS 1919-1939

British Military Decline 1919-1939

This essay briefly examines the British military and their decline as a world military leader between 1919-1939. During this period one could argue that naiveté clouded the lens through which they viewed military power in general in relation to other nations causing miscalculations in particular with regard to strategic policy considerations. We can contrast their lens then with our lens today ...

Polish-Soviet Relations 1944-1989: The Limits of Autonomy

Any attempt at presenting the relations between two neighboring countries over the course of almost half a century in a brief paper is a highly hazardous undertaking, and could even be recognized as blatant impudence. In this case, however, the titular relations between Poland the USSR were highly composite, remaining under the extremely strong impact of a centuriesold tradition of animosity an...

Class and Ethnic Barriers to Feminist Perspectives in Toronto's Jewish Labour Movement, 1919-1939

The history of Toronto's Jewish labour movement provides a critical context for examining the relationship between feminist and socialist currents in Canada's past. It also illuminates the relationship between these currents and ethnic identity within a key section of the working class. In the 1920s and 1930s, Toronto's Jewish labour movement was not only militant but also had a strong radical ...

From Muscles to Nerves : Gender , " Race " and the Body at Work in France 1919 - 1939 *

In the years before and immediately after World War I, gendered and racialized bodies at work became the focus of debate and discussion in France amongst an informal alliance of engineers, doctors, scientists, employers, workers, and the state. Seduced by the promise of "modernity", and the seemingly endless possibilities of science and mechanization, the state attempted to modernize public ser...

The course of medical opinion on state health insurance in British Columbia, 1919-1939.