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American Indians, the Irish, and Government Schooling: A Comparative Study
Michael C. Coleman
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Description for American Indians, the Irish, and Government Schooling: A Comparative Study
Paperback. In early nineteenth century the US government, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), began a systematic campaign to assimilate Indians. Featuring a comparison of US and British government attempts to assimilate problem peoples through mass elementary education, the author offers a portrait of imperialism at work in the two nations. Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJD; JFSL9; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
For centuries American Indians and the Irish experienced assaults by powerful, expanding states, along with massive land loss and population collapse. In the early nineteenth century the U.S. government, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), began a systematic campaign to assimilate Indians. Initially dependent on Christian missionary societies, the BIA later built and ran its own day schools and boarding schools for Indian children. At the same time, the British government established a nationwide elementary school system in Ireland, overseen by the commissioners of national education, to assimilate the Irish. By the 1920s, as these campaigns of cultural ... Read more
For centuries American Indians and the Irish experienced assaults by powerful, expanding states, along with massive land loss and population collapse. In the early nineteenth century the U.S. government, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), began a systematic campaign to assimilate Indians. Initially dependent on Christian missionary societies, the BIA later built and ran its own day schools and boarding schools for Indian children. At the same time, the British government established a nationwide elementary school system in Ireland, overseen by the commissioners of national education, to assimilate the Irish. By the 1920s, as these campaigns of cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Indigenous Education
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803224858
SKU
V9780803224858
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About Michael C. Coleman
Michael C. Coleman is a senior lecturer in the English section of the Department of Languages at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He is the author of American Indian Children at School, 1850–1920 and Presbyterian Missionary Attitudes toward American Indians, 1837–1893.
Reviews for American Indians, the Irish, and Government Schooling: A Comparative Study
"A substantial contribution to the extant scholarship in the field of comparative colonial study through the contexts of Ireland and Native North America."-Katie Kane, Great Plains Quarterly
Katie Kane Great Plains Quarterly "This thoroughly researched and captivating comparison provides new insights into the educational projects of both the BIA and the CNEI, and complicates existing arguments about those longstanding ... Read more
Katie Kane Great Plains Quarterly "This thoroughly researched and captivating comparison provides new insights into the educational projects of both the BIA and the CNEI, and complicates existing arguments about those longstanding ... Read more