Luke Flanagan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5189381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luke Flanagan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luke |
| FAMILY NAME | Flanagan |
| SIGNATURE | FLANAGAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-0167-6830 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Temptation of War: How Alcohol Affected the Canadian First World War Experience in Hastings, 1917
This article analyses the consumption of alcohol amongst Canadian soldiers based in the East Sussex town of Hastings in 1917. It shows that more relaxed restrictions on alcohol in Britain to those in Canada, all provinces and eventually the federal government had prohibited alcohol by 1918, proved too much of a temptation for some Canadians, who were caught up in instances of drunkenness, disorder and petty crime. The wide availability of alcohol…
Bexhill-on-Sea, 1917–1919: A Maple Leaf Empire
The centenary of the First World War has brought about increased scholarly interest in the Dominions and their contribution to the war effort. It is now time to ask what impact the many Dominion soldiers had on the British towns where they were garrisoned. This article will focus on Canadian soldiers based in the Sussex town of Bexhill-on-Sea. Drawing on local newspapers, the article utilises the Maple Leaf Empire paradigm developed by Johnathan …
Sustaining Canadian Studies in the U.K: Role Play as an Engaging Pedagogical Tool to Teach Canada Abroad
While scholars have been successfully offering courses in Canadian Studies abroad for more than three decades, the recent cancellation of the Government of Canada’s funding program, Understanding Canada, puts such foreign-based teaching programs in a state of flux. Given that there is now little financial support for institutions, courses and conferences, instructors must ensure that courses in Canadian Studies are engaging and accessible in orde…
Canadians in Bexhill-on-Sea during the First World War: A reflection of Canadian nationhood
The First World War is surmised to have been a formative event for Canada. Conventional wisdom denotes that the war invoked what Philip Buckner has termed a ‘colony-to-nation framework’, whereby Canada entered the war as a Dominion of Britain and emerged a nation in its own right. This, however, is a contested viewpoint. It is also argued that, although important, the war did not significantly alter the sense of national identity in Canada. Using…
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Canadians in Bexhill-on-Sea during the First World War: A reflection of Canadian nationhood
The First World War is surmised to have been a formative event for Canada. Conventional wisdom denotes that the war invoked what Philip Buckner has termed a ‘colony-to-nation framework’, whereby Canada entered the war as a Dominion of Britain and emerged a nation in its own right. This, however, is a contested viewpoint. It is also argued that, although important, the war did not significantly alter the sense of national identity in Canada. Using…
Sustaining Canadian Studies in the U.K: Role Play as an Engaging Pedagogical Tool to Teach Canada Abroad
While scholars have been successfully offering courses in Canadian Studies abroad for more than three decades, the recent cancellation of the Government of Canada’s funding program, Understanding Canada, puts such foreign-based teaching programs in a state of flux. Given that there is now little financial support for institutions, courses and conferences, instructors must ensure that courses in Canadian Studies are engaging and accessible in orde…
Bexhill-on-Sea, 1917–1919: A Maple Leaf Empire
The centenary of the First World War has brought about increased scholarly interest in the Dominions and their contribution to the war effort. It is now time to ask what impact the many Dominion soldiers had on the British towns where they were garrisoned. This article will focus on Canadian soldiers based in the Sussex town of Bexhill-on-Sea. Drawing on local newspapers, the article utilises the Maple Leaf Empire paradigm developed by Johnathan …
The Temptation of War: How Alcohol Affected the Canadian First World War Experience in Hastings, 1917
This article analyses the consumption of alcohol amongst Canadian soldiers based in the East Sussex town of Hastings in 1917. It shows that more relaxed restrictions on alcohol in Britain to those in Canada, all provinces and eventually the federal government had prohibited alcohol by 1918, proved too much of a temptation for some Canadians, who were caught up in instances of drunkenness, disorder and petty crime. The wide availability of alcohol…
Canadian Identity and History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Empire (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Australian History and Society (1 works)