Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools de Miller, J.R

University of Toronto Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of Toronto Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto: University Of Toronto Press, 1996. Paperback. pp. 582. 8vo. Light shelfwear and rubbing; very good.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Softcover. 0802078583 . Xii, [4], 582 pp. Index, notes, bibliography. Maps and numerous b/w photos. Large octavo. Goldenrod softcover with photo at residential school, red band at top and a colorful image of "The Teaching Wigwam." Old bookstore price sticker at top front cover, there is a small bump at the back top corner that is communicated to some of the last pages, but otherwise fresh and clean, good copy. This important history was published 25 years ago but is sadly still timely ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 582 pages .

University of Toronto Press, 1997 Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some reading wear. Card pocket on rear fly leaf. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Illustrated with b/w photos. Index. xvi, 582 pp..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. Reprint. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.582

University of Toronto Press, 1997. Reprint . Softcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An almost VG copy with uncreased spine, fading to the spine background (but not lettering) and top edge of front cover, a few minor marks to wrappers and page edges. Contents clean and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xii, 582 pp; b/w illustrations and maps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "J.R. Miller is a highly regarded Saskatchewan historian, but he also has the makings of an outstanding coroner. In 'Shingwauk's Vision', he has autopsied the barely cooled corpse of the native residential school system. With clinical precision he has examined every aspect of a wrong-headed and catastrophic experiment in social engineering that lasted for three-and-a-half centuries before the federal government finally stepped in and pulled the plug in 1969." - Brian Maracle, Quill and Quire. Heavy/oversize… Leer más

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 582pp w notes, bibliography and index. Four unpaginated maps. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Toronto: University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 1996. Softcover. pp. xii, 582. Thick 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Lighest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. "With the growing strength of minority voices in recent decades has come much impassioned discussion of residential schools, the institutions where attendance by Native children was compulsory as recently as the 1960s. Former students have come forward in increasing numbers to describe the psychological and physical abuse they suffered in these schools, and many view the system as an experiment in cultural genocide. In this first comprehensive history of these institutions, J.R. Miller explores the motives of all three agents in the story. He looks at the separate experiences and agendas of the government officials who authorized the schools, the missionaries who taught in them,… Leer más