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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969331603321

Autore

Parker R. A (Roy Alfred), <1931->

Titolo

Uprooted : the shipment of poor children to Canada, 1867-1917 / / Roy Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Policy Press, 2008

ISBN

9786611773243

9781447304142

1447304144

9781281773241

1281773247

9781847422903

184742290X

Edizione

[[Pbk. ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.23086/9450971

Soggetti

Home children (Canadian immigrants)

Immigrant children - Canada - History

Orphans - Canada - History

British - Canada - History

Canada Emigration and immigration History

Great Britain Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).

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 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.