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

• Autore: Parker R. A (Roy Alfred), <1931->
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, : Policy Press, 2008
• Edizione: [Pbk. ed.].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 305.23086/9450971
• Soggetto topico: Home children (Canadian immigrants); Immigrant children - Canada - History; Orphans - Canada - History; British - Canada - History
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Emigration and immigration History; Great Britain Emigration and immigration History
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Uprooted
• ISBN: 9786611773243; 9781447304142; 1447304144; 9781281773241; 1281773247; 9781847422903; 184742290X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969331603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II