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The Golden Bridge
Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939
Natural Heritage Books
Published: October 2003
480 pages (PB)
6.75 x 9.75
1-896219-90-X
$34.95
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The Golden Bridge
Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939
Marjorie Kohli
68: b&w archival photographs and sketches; charts
This book meticulously document the incredible story of the removal of thousands of "waifs and strays" and young men and women, primarily from the U.K. and Ireland. Extensively researched, the book incorporates background detail on the many agencies and key people, such as Maria Rye and Thomas Barnardo, responsible for the emigration of these young people and their placements in Canada. Well supported by appendices, notes and an index, this is the first comprehensive record of this aspect of Canada's history.
Subjects: Sociology/Cultural Studies, History
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Foreword by J.A. David Lorente; Preface; Abbreviations Used in the Text; Chapter 1: Conditions in the United Kingdom Which Led to Emigration; Chapter 2: Canada: Promise of a New Beginning; Chapter 3: The Voyage Over; Chapter 4: The Work Begins; Chapter 5: The Work Grows: Major Agencies; Chapter 6: Latecomers and Smaller Organizations; Chapter 7: Roman Catholic Participation; Chapter 8: Poor Law Participation in Emigration; Chapter 9: Reformatories, Industrial Schools and Ragged Schools; Chapter 10: Female Immigration; Appendix A: Text of Forms Used by Various Organizations; Appendix B: Father Seddon's Last Party of Children; Appendix C: Limerick Union Party of 1865; Appendix D: A Fegan Boy's Story; Appendix E: Text of a 1903 Barnardo Advertisement; Appendix F: Smyly Home Boys Who Enlisted from Canada October 8, 1915; Appendix G: Number of Children Immigrated as Recorded by Mr. G.B. Smart, 1900-24; Appendix H: Circular of 1895 Sent to Agencies Involved with Immigrant Children; Appendix I: List of Institutions: Reformatories, Farm Schools, Industrial Schools, Ragged Schools; Appendix J: Home Children Canada; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
First comprehensive study of young immigrants from the U.K. and Ireland (1833-1939); detailed research; extensive documentation; thorough index.
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