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Skyscrapers hide the heavens : a history of Native-newcomer relations in Canada

Miller, J. R. (James Rodger), 1943- author

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\"First published in 1989, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada'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. The fourth edition of Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens 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. Critical to Canadian university-level classes in history, Indigenous studies, sociology, education, and law, the fourth edition of Skyscrapers, 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, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens, explores the consequence of altered Native-newcomer relations, from cooperation to coercion, and the lasting legacy of this impasse.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Indians of North America Canada Government relations. / Indians of North America Canada History. / Indians of North America First contact with Europeans Canada. / Ethnic relations. / Indians of North America. / Indians of North America First contact with Europeans. / Indians of North America Government relations. / Canada Ethnic relations. / Canada.
• ISBN: 9781487502058, 1487502052, 9781487521752, 1487521758

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