Thy Children Own Their Birth: Diasporic genealogies and the descendants of Canada's Home Children

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Thy Children Own Their Birth: Diasporic genealogies and the descendants of Canada's Home Children

My research explores the cultural practices and identities of the descendants of an estimated 100,000 children who were despatched to Canada, unaccompanied by their parents, and under the auspices of a number of British charities, between 1869 and the late 1940s. It investigates the relationship bet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morrison, Andrew
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English English English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	Home Children child migration Canada diaspora genealogy memory identity
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10276/

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