Uprooted : the shipment of poor children to Canada, 1867-1917 /
Roy Parker.
Bok Engelsk 2010 R. A. Parker
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | [Pbk. ed.].
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).. - Uprooted; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1. The Background; 2. Early Initiatives; 3. Checks and Balances; 4. The Issue of Inspection; 5. The Second Wave of Organised Protestant Child Emigration; 6. The Catholic Response; 7. The 'Unorganised' Emigrationists; 8. Canadian Demand for Child Labour; 9. Canadian Opposition to Child Immigration; 10. The Management of the Opposition in Canada; 11. The Reformatories and Industrial Schools; 12. What Befell the Children; 13. Parents' Rights, Consent and Legislation; 14. Into the Twentieth Century. - 15. Explanation and AssessmentNotes; References; Index. - This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some eighty thousand British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915, and provides a vivid look at one aspect of the history of child welfare practices.
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| ISBN | 1-281-77324-7. - 1-4473-0414-4. - 1-84742-290-X. - 9786611773243
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