The story of Canada's involvement in the First World War told through photographs with commentary. An excellent source for an overview of Canada's First World War experience.

Blake, Eric Charles. Wars, Dictators and the Gramophone, 1898-1945. York: William Sessions, 2004.

Looks at the gramophone and its impact throughout this period of history. The section on World War I is quite small and focuses on the use of the gramophone in Britain.

Bourassa, Henri. The French Canadian in the British Empire. London: John Murray, 1902.

Gives a good sense of French Canadian opposition to Canada’s participation in the war and particularly conscription through the symbolic figure of Henri Bourassa. See also Murrow.

Buitenhuis, Peter. The Great War of Words. Vancouver: The University of British Columbia Press, 1987.

Focuses on written forms of propaganda in Britain during the war and the government’s use of prominent British authors in its official propaganda campaign.

Desjardins, L. G. England, Canada and the Great War. Quebec: Chronicle Print, 1918.

A rather one-sided examination of Canada’s role in the First World War from a contemporary Canadian politician. Examines Canada’s role within the British Empire and strongly supports Canada’s participation in the war against Germany.

Doyle, Arthur Conan. To Arms. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914.

A British propaganda pamphlet from World War One. An excellent example of the type of rhetoric used for the purposes of recruiting and stirring up public support for the war in general.

Durflinger, Serge. French Canada and Recruitment during the First World War.
http://search.civilization.ca/dwesearch.asp?showDoc=96227&page=1&resultsetToken=IKT000012562.1149356611&Lang=en&docType=

An article that describes the challenges Canada faced in recruiting enough men to fill its obligations to the Allies. It focuses in particular on the role that French/English conflict played in this challenge.

Griffin, William. Ireland a Chronology and Fact Book. New York: Oceana Publications, 1973.

A very concise chronology of Ireland's history from the first human settlements until the mid-1970s. While very brief in its description of the war years, it provides a clear outline of these year, understandable even to those with little knowledge of this period of Ireland's history. See also Walsh.

Haste, Cate. Keep the Home Fires Burning: Propaganda in the First World War. London: A. Lane Publishers, 1997.

A close look at the use of propaganda to influence public opinion in Britain during the First World War. This book discusses recruitment, attitudes towards resident aliens, hatred of Germany, the pacifist movement and public opinion about peace.

Marrin, Albert. The Last Crusade: The Church of England in the First World War. Durham: Duke University Press, 1974.

Describes the role of the Anglican Church, and Christianity in general, in the First World War. Focuses particularly on the Church’s decision to support the war and how this affected the way Christians, both soldiers and civilians, thought about and participated in the conflict.

Murrow, Casey. Henri Bourassa and French Canadian Nationalism. Montreal: Harvest House, 1968.

Further clarifies the position of Bourassa (see above) and elaborates on French opposition to the war and conscription.

Norman, Barbara. Music on the Home Front: Canadian Sheet Music During the First World War. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/4/1/m5-170-e.html

A brief introduction to the collection of World War I sheet music at the National Library of the Canada and what it says about Canadian society during this period.

Playne, Caroline. Society at War: 1914-1916. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1931.

A combination of memoir and history describing the war ten years after its end from the perspective of Caroline Playne, who lived in London throughout the First World War. She focuses particularly on what she calls the psychology of war, paying attention to how home front morale and public opinion about the conflict evolved over the years of the war.

Playne, Caroline. Britain Holds On: 1917-1918. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1933.

A continuation of Society at War (see above), dealing with the last two years of the war and the coming of peace.

Read, Daphne, Ed. The Great War and Canadian Society: An Oral History. Toronto: New Hogtown Press, 1978.

An edited compilation of statements taken from residents of the Greater Toronto Area, organizing their memories of the First World War thematically. While the introductory material is an excellent source of information on Canada during the war, the statements themselves are particularly evocative of the war years. Note that each of the interviewees has been given a pseudonym and is cited under this name throughout the website.

Schweitzer, Richard. The Cross and the Trenches: Religious Faith and Doubt among British and American Great War Soldiers. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2003.

While this volume focuses on religion in the trenches, there is one chapter about faith on the home front, which was relevant to this study. In particular, the chapter considers whether the war might have inspired a revival of religious faith.

Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada and the First World War: Valour Remembered
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar.

A website that focuses on Canada's involvement in the First World War. Gives an excellent and concise account of the military campaigns in which Canada was involved as well as general information about the war.

Walsh, Oonagh. Ireland's Independence: 1880-1923. New York: Routledge, 2002.

Elaborates on Griffin’s chronology (see above) and fits the events of World War I into the context of the broader progression of the Irish Independent movement.

Wilson, Trevor. The Myriad Face of War. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1986.

Quite long, but deals very thoroughly with all aspects of the First World War from the British perspective. For the purposes of this project, it was particularly useful in its discussion of war propaganda and the changing role of women in society.