Aboriginal history : a reader

Summary: Combining contemporary articles with historical documents, this engaging reader examines the rich history of Canada's Aboriginal peoples. The 30 articles - half of which are original to this volume - explore a diverse range of topics, including spirituality, colonialism, self-identity, federal policy, residential schools, labour, and women's rights. With in-depth coverage of events and processes from the earliest times through to the modern day, Aboriginal History: A Reader offers students a new appreciation for the long and complex history of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195432350 :
Physical Description: print
xxv, 490 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Don Mills, ON. : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Col. map on front cover lining.
Formatted Contents Note:	World views -- Population debates -- War, conflict, and society -- The fur trade -- Locating Métis identity -- Federal Indian policy -- Survivance, identity, and the Indian Act -- Residential schools -- Religion, culture, and the peoples of the north -- The economy and labour -- Aboriginal women -- Negotiating health and well-being -- Political activism -- Treaties and self-governance.