Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-ix

List of Abbreviations

pp x-xi

Preface

pp xii-xiv

Part I - Setting the Scene

pp 1-2

one - The Background

pp 3-18

two - Early Initiatives

pp 19-36

Part II - Setbacks and Anxieties

pp 37-38

three - Checks and Balances

pp 39-52

four - The Issue of Inspection

pp 53-64

Part III - The Field Expands

pp 65-66

five - The Second Wave of Organised Protestant Child Emigration

pp 67-90

six - The Catholic Response

pp 91-110

seven - The ‘Unorganised’ Emigrationists

pp 111-126

Part IV - The Canadian Dimension

pp 127-128

eight - Canadian Demand for Child Labour

pp 129-150

nine - Canadian Opposition to Child Immigration

pp 151-170

ten - The Management of the Opposition in Canada

pp 171-186

Part V - The Ambiguities and Obfuscation

pp 187-188

eleven - The Reformatories and Industrial Schools

pp 189-206

Part VI - The Children and their Parents

pp 207-208

twelve - What Befell the Children

pp 209-234

thirteen - Parents’ Rights, Consent and Legislation

pp 235-250

Part VII - A Chapter Closes

pp 251-252

fourteen - Into the Twentieth Century

pp 253-270

Part VIII - A Review

pp 271-272

fifteen - Explanation and Assessment

pp 273-294

Notes

pp 295-332