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plates : 25 cm
"Some 80,000 British children - many of them under the age of ten -
were shipped from Britain to Canada by Poor Law authorities and
voluntary bodies during the 50 years following Confederation in
1867. How did this come about? What were the motives and methods of
the people involved in both countries? Why did it come to an end?
What effects did it have on the children involved and what
eventually became of them? These are the questions Roy Parker
explores in a meticulously researched work that brings together
economic, political, social, medical, legal, administrative and
religious aspects of the story in Britain and Canada. He concludes
with a review of evidence from more recent survivors of child
migration, discussing the lifelong effects of their experiences
with the help of modern psychological insights." "His book will
capture and hold the interest of many: the academic, the
practitioner and the general reader, and they will include the
relatives and descendants, both in Britain and Canada, of the
children around whom this study revolves."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
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