Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, facsimile, map, portraits |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"With a foreword by Magnus Magnusson"--Cover. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword; 1 Beginnings; 2 'Like Moses of Old'; 3 Depriving the Poorhouse; 4 A Children's City; 5 The Golden Bridge; 6 The Little Emigrants; 7 The Pioneer; 8 Cottage Life; 9 Changes; 10 After the Orphans; 11 Crisis; 12 The End of an Era; 13 Tackling Change; 14 Beyond the Village; 15 Past Wrongs; 16 Roots; 17 The Never-ending Story; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
Between 1872 and 1933, William Quarrier sent thousands of destitute children from Glasgow's slums to Canada, where they often faced hard labour and loneliness. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Quarrier, William, 1829-1903.
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Quarrier, William, 1829-1903. |
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Quarriers (Organisation)
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Quarriers (Organisation) |
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Quarrier's Village (Orphanage)
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Quarrier's Village (Orphanage) |
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Quarrier, William, 1829-1903. |
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Quarriers (Organisation) |
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Quarrier's Village (Orphanage) |
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Quarrier, William, 1829-1903. |
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Quarrier's Village (Orphanage) |
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Quarriers (Organisation) |
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Home children (Canadian immigrants)
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Home children (Canadian immigrants) |
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Child welfare -- Scotland -- History.
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Child welfare. |
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Scotland. |
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History. |
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Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Canada. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Great Britain. |
Indexed Term |
Scotland Welfare services for children: Quarrier's Homes, history |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Magnusson, Anna. Quarriers story. Toronto, ON : Dundurn, 2006 1550026550 9781550026559 (DLC) 2007405408 (OCoLC)70231787 |
ISBN |
9781554883486 (electronic book) |
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1554883482 (electronic book) |
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9781459712423 (electronic book) |
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1459712420 (electronic book) |
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1550026550 |
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9781550026559 |
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1841584940 |
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9781841584942 |
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