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"A national crime" : the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986 Cover Image Book Book

"A national crime" : the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986

Milloy, John Sheridan. (Author).

Summary: Documents the history of the residential school system in Canada from ideology to destructive impact on individuals, families and communities. Topics covered include the management of the system, death and disease, malnutrition, neglect, abuse, assimilation, acculturation, and the cultural impact of the system on Aboriginal peoples.

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  • ISBN: 9780887556463 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0887556469 (pbk)
  • ISBN: 0887551661 (bound)
  • Physical Description: xix, 402 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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  • Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-388) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1. Vision: the circle of civilized conditions - 1. The tuition of Thomas Moore - 2. The imperial heritage, 1830 to 1879 - 3. The founding vision of residential school education, 1879 to 1920 -- Part 2. Reality: the system at work, 1879 to 1946 - 4. "A national crime": building and managing the system, 1879 to 1946 - 5. "The charge of manslaughter": disease and death, 1879 to 1946 - 6. "We are going to tell you how we are treated": food and clothing, 1879 to 1946 - 7. The parenting presumption: neglect and abuse - 8. Teaching and learning, 1879 to 1946 -- Part 3. Integration and guardianship, 1946 to 1986 - 9. Integreation for closure: 1946 to 1986 - 10. Persistence: the struggle for closure - 11. Northern and Arctic assimilation - 12. The failure of guardianship: neglect and abuse, 1946 to 1986 -- Epilogue: beyond closure, 1992 to 1998 -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Topic Heading: Indigenous. > Canada.
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