Comparing the Policy of Aboriginal Assimilation: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand

by Andrew Armitage

Book Overview

The aboriginal people of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand became minorities in their own countries in the nineteenth century. The expanding British Empire had its own vision for the future of these peoples, which was expressed in 1837 by the Select Committee on Aborigines of the House of Commons. It was a vision of the steps necessary for them to become civilized, Christian, and citizens - in a word, assimilated. This book provides the first systematic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774804599
• ISBN13: 9780774804592
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.