Uprooted : The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917 / / Roy Parker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453495203321
• Autore: Parker R. A (Roy Alfred), <1931->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Portland, Ore. : , : Policy Press, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-4473-0414-4; 1-281-77324-7; 9786611773243; 1-84742-290-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.23086; 305.23086/9450971
• Soggetti: Orphans; Immigrant children; Home children (Canadian immigrants); Emigration and immigration; British; British - Canada - History; Orphans - Canada - History; Immigrant children - Canada - History; History; Electronic books.; Great Britain; Canada; Great Britain Emigration and immigration History; Canada Emigration and immigration History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously published in hardcover: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 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.