
Stanley Barracks: Toronto's military legacy
Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Canada (histoire), Policiers et militaires
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
From its construction in 1840 on, the history of Stanley Barracks covers Canadian participation in war, including the two world wars and the barracks' use as an internment camp for "enemy aliens"; the establishment and growth of Toronto's Canadian National… Exhibition; the struggles and discrimination faced by immigrants in Canada in wartime; the employment of the barracks as emergency housing during Toronto's post-war housing shortage; and the origins of Canada's famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 2011.