Suffering from a sense of injustice
Children's Activism in Liberal State Formation at the Saint John Boys Industrial Home, 1927-1932
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6066950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharon A Myers (corresponding author), Sharon Myers |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 105 |
| Pages | 1-30 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Histoire sociale (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2257 • E-ISSN: 1918-6576 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/his.2019.0000 |
| OpenAlex | W2948546083 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
In 1929, residents of the Boys' Industrial Home in Saint John, New Brunswick, engaged in a series of violent acts to protest the conditions they experienced in the institution and their sense of being unjustly treated. Those actions occurred at a serendipitous moment, as the Home was one among the collection of child welfare institutions under study by the Canadian Council on Child Welfare and its various agents. The Council was engaged in the project of liberal state formation and sought to extend across Canada similar standards for, and governance of, child welfare. While its project largely failed in New Brunswick, some transitions did occur at the Industrial Home, owing in part to the activism of the boys themselves
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| Highly cited | No |