{"product_id":"skyscrapers-hide-the-heavens-a-history-of-native-newcomer-relations-in-canada-fourth-edition-paperback-softback-9781487521752","title":"Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens; A History of Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada, Fourth Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487521752","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSkyscrapers Hide the Heavens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada, Fourth Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ.R. Miller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487521752\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.8 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If we learn anything from history it will be because of histories like \u003ci\u003eSkyscrapers Hide the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e, which help put into perspective what Buffy Ste. Marie sings about as the \u0026amp;#x2018;bitter past\u0026amp;#x2019; and give to Indian-white relations a sense of hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - M.T. Kelly (Globe and Mail) \u003cp\u003e\"Drawing on recent scholarship, [\u003ci\u003eSkyscrapers Hide the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e] is both broad and even-handed, covering developments in the Indigenous-settler relationship as it headed into the twenty-first century….\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Susan Neylan, Wilfred Laurier University (The Canadian Historical Review, Vol 100 1, March \u0026amp;#x2018;19)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1989, \u003ci\u003eSkyscrapers Hide the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s history. Author J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current displacement and marginalization of the Indigenous population. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eSkyscrapers Hide the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of considerable revision and expansion to incorporate current scholarship and developments over the past twenty years in federal government policy and Aboriginal political organization. It includes new information regarding political organization, land claims in the courts, public debates, as well as the haunting legacy of residential schools in Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical to Canadian university-level classes in history, Indigenous studies, sociology, education, and law, the fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eSkyscrapers\u003c\/i\u003e will be also be useful to journalists and lawyers, as well as leaders of organizations dealing with Indigenous issues. Not solely a text for specialists in post-secondary institutions, \u003ci\u003eSkyscrapers Hide the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e explores the consequence of altered Native-newcomer relations, from cooperation to coercion, and the lasting legacy of this impasse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Fourth Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote on Terminology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the First Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003e1 Indigenous Peoples and Europeans at the Time of Contact\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART ONE: \u003cb\u003eCOOPERATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e2 Early Contacts in the Eastern Woodlands \u003cbr\u003e3 Commercial Partnership and Mutual Benefit\u003cbr\u003e4 Military Allies through a Century of Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART TWO: \u003cb\u003eCOERCION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e5 From Alliance to \"Irrelevance\"\u003cbr\u003e6 Reserves, Residential Schools, and the Threat of Assimilation\u003cbr\u003e7 The Commercial Frontier on the Western Plains\u003cbr\u003e8 Contact, Commerce, and Christianity on the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e9 Resistance in Red River and the Numbered Treaties: \"Bounty and Benevolence\"\u003cbr\u003e10 The North-West Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e11 The Policy of the Bible and the Plough\u003cbr\u003e12 Residents and Transients in the North: Relations to the 1960s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART THREE: \u003cb\u003eCONFRONTATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e13 The Beginnings of Political Organization\u003cbr\u003e14 Land Claims and Self-Government from the White Paper to \u003ci\u003eGuerin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e15 Meech, Oka, Charlottetown, Nass, and Ottawa: Relations 1986-2000\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART FOUR: \u003cb\u003eRECONCILIATION\u003c\/b\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e16 Relations in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e17 Do We Learn Anything from History?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllustration Credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eFirst Nations of Canada\u003cbr\u003eFirst Nations of northeastern North America at contact\u003cbr\u003eIroquoia (showing height of land)\u003cbr\u003eThe Ohio and Illinois Country, 1754\u003cbr\u003eFrench possessions in North America, 1750\u003cbr\u003eEffect of the Royal Proclamation of 1763\u003cbr\u003eLocation of western nations, 1821\u003cbr\u003eFirst Nations of British Columbia\u003cbr\u003eThe numbered treaties, 1871–1921\u003cbr\u003eNorth-West Rebellion, 1885\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595498287384,"sku":"9781487521752","price":32.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/skyscrapers-hide-the-heavens-a-history-of-native-newcomer-relations-in-canada-fourth-edition-paperback-softback-9781487521752","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}