Overview

Histories of Canadian Children and Youth is a survey of the history of children, youth, and Canadian families from New France and the fur trade to immigrant children in the last half of the 20th century. It covers topics from growing up Metis to sex education to literacy; work and school; race and ethnicity, including some important articles on residential schools. Each section is carefully arranged by time period and theme and includes both primary and secondary sources.

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Author:   Nancy Janovicek (, Department of History, University of New Brunswick) ,  Joy Parr
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780195417920

ISBN 10:   0195417925
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   09 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement Introduction 1: How Do We Know the Histories of Children and Youth? Andre Turmel: Historiography of Children in Canada Neil Sutherland: When You Listen to the Winds of Childhood, How Much Can You Believe? Suggestions for Further Reading 2: Colonial Childhood, 1700-1880 Peter Moogk: Les Petits Sauvages: The Children of Eighteenth-Century New France Juliet Pollard: A Most Remarkable Phenomenon: Growing Up Metis: Fur Traders' Children in the Pacific Northwest Daniel Williams Harmon: From A journal of voyages and travels in the interiour of North America Suggestions for Further Reading 3: Youthful Workers in Resource and Manufacturing Industries, 1841-1923 Robert McIntosh: The Boys in the Nova Scotian Coal Mines: 1873-1923 Rebecca Priegert Coulter: Between School and Marriage: A Case Study Approach to Young Women's Work in Early Twentieth-Century Canada From Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital: Father? Master? Boss? Suggestions for Further Reading 4: Schools for the Nation, 1850-1923 Ian Davey: The Rhythm of Work and the Rhythm of School Theodore Rand: An Argument for Assessment and Free Schools (Nova Scotia) Tim Stanley: White Supremacy, Chinese Schooling, and School Segregation in Victoria: The Case of the Chinese Students' Strike, 1922-23 Suggestions for Further Reading 5: Defining 'Bad Homes' and Delinquent Children, 1890-1955 Peter Gossage: La maratre: Maria-Anne Houde and the Myth of the Wicked Stepmother in Quebec Joan Sangster: Incest, the Sexual Abuse of Children, and the Power of Familialism Emily Carr: Mother Dorothy Chunn: Boys Will Be Men, Girls Will Be Mothers: The Legal Regulation of Childhood in Toronto and Vancouver Roderick Haig-Brown: Problems of Modern Life and Young Offenders Suggestions for Further Reading 6: Narratives of Childhood: The Instance and Legacy of Residential Schools, 1938-1949 Jean Barman: Schooled for Inequality: The Education of British Columbia Aboriginal Children Constance Deiter: From Our Mothers' Arms: Inez Deiter and Ben Stonechild Suggestions for Further Reading 7: Children's Rights: The Influence of War on Peace, 1940-1960 Robbie Waismann (Romek Wajsman): Holocaust War Orphans--A Scrapbook Set Reconstruction Politics, the Canadian Welfare State, and the Ambiguity of Children's Rights, 1940-1950 The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1924) The Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) Suggestions for Further Reading 8: Being an Immigrant Child in Late Twentieth-Century Canada, 1970-1985 Dionne Brand and Krisantha Sri Bhaggiyadatta: Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots Judy McClard and Naomi Wall: From Come with Us: Children Speak for Themselves Suggestions for Further Reading 9: 'Let's Talk about Sex: Learning about Sexuality, 1950-1984 Mary Louise Adams: Sex at the Board, or Keeping Children from Sexual Knowledge Understanding Homophobia About Coming Out Lesbianism: breaking the silence Suggestions for Further Reading Permission Credits

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Nancy Janovicek is in the Department of History, University of New Brunswick.

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