White mother to a dark race : settler colonialism, maternalism, and the removal of indigenous children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940 / Margaret D. Jacobs.
- Jacobs, Margaret D., 1963-
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xxxii, 557 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents
Gender and settler colonialism in the North American West and Australia -- Designing indigenous child removal policies -- The great white mother -- The practice of indigenous child removal -- Intimate betrayals -- Groomed to be useful -- Maternalism in the institutions -- Out of the frying pan -- Challenging indigenous child removal.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Fellows’ Publications]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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Subjects
- Indigenous peoplesCultural assimilationUnited States
- Indigenous peoplesCultural assimilationAustralia
- Stolen generations (Australia)
- Indian childrenCultural assimilationUnited States
- Children, Aboriginal AustralianInstitutional careAustralia
- Indian childrenInstitutional careUnited States
- Women, White
- Women social workers