{"product_id":"stanley-barracks-torontos-military-legacy","title":"Stanley Barracks: Toronto's Military Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStanley Barracks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e begins with the construction in 1840-41 of the new facility that replaced the then decaying Fort York Barracks. The book recounts the background of the last facility operated by the British military in Toronto and how Canada’s own Permanent Force was developed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the course of the stories told in this history, we learn about Canadian participation in war, including the two world wars and the barracks’ use as an internment camp for \"enemy aliens\"; civil-military relations as Toronto’s expansion encroached on the lands and buildings of the barracks; 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. In short, Stanley Barracks is the story of Toronto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor:\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAldona Sendzikas \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback: 212 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 6 x 9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Dundurn Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44598410510435,"sku":"niq1789284434974","price":16.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/6075\/4787\/files\/stanley-barracks-torontos-military-legacy_1.jpg?v=1789284438","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarandnook.shop\/products\/stanley-barracks-torontos-military-legacy","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}