From “the hot-bed of vice” to the “good and well-ordered Christian home”: First Nations Housing and Reform in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia

This article analyzes the relationship between First Nations housing and reform in British Columbia between 1849 and 1886. Utilizing published and archival evidence drawn from church and government sources, the essay examines reformers' conceptions of First Nations housing and their concrete ef...

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Published in:Ethnohistory
Main Author: Perry, Adele
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2003
Subjects:
First Nations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00141801-50-4-587
https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article-pdf/50/4/587/409868/EH50_4_01.pdf
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spelling crdukeunivpr:10.1215/00141801-50-4-587 2024-06-02T08:06:37+00:00 From “the hot-bed of vice” to the “good and well-ordered Christian home”: First Nations Housing and Reform in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia Perry, Adele 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00141801-50-4-587 https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article-pdf/50/4/587/409868/EH50_4_01.pdf en eng Duke University Press Ethnohistory volume 50, issue 4, page 587-610 ISSN 0014-1801 1527-5477 journal-article 2003 crdukeunivpr https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-50-4-587 2024-05-07T13:15:40Z This article analyzes the relationship between First Nations housing and reform in British Columbia between 1849 and 1886. Utilizing published and archival evidence drawn from church and government sources, the essay examines reformers' conceptions of First Nations housing and their concrete efforts to improve it. The essay thereby suggests that housing was an important site in the colonial encounter and that the colonial encounter itself was key to honing and disseminating new ideals related to housing, gender, and the family. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Duke University Press Ethnohistory 50 4 587 610
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