Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada, Fourth EditionFirst 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. |
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Similarly, in the nearly two decades since the work was revised, scholars have added greatly to our understanding of the relationship's evolution. This edition is intended to incorporate some of the recent writings and provide analysis ...
This innovation also responds to changes over the past two decades. In this fourth edition, the term First Nation(s) is used exclusively for those peoples who were previously labelled Indians, or status Indians.
What needs to be addressed are both the historical and the historiographical developments that have transformed the field in the last decade. So far as actual events are concerned, Oka, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, ...
Even though this revision does not substantially alter the interpretation provided a decade ago, the reader should not conclude that the author assumes infallibility or omniscience. Quite the contrary. Particularly in a field such as ...
In short, the relationship in these early decades was one of mutual benefit. Certainly it posed no threat to the Indigenous peoples, who were more numerous, more at home in the North American environment, and capable at any moment of ...
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