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
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Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2003
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Online Access:http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/4/587
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spelling fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:ddeh:50/4/587 2023-05-15T16:14:22+02:00 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 2003-10-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/4/587 https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-50-4-587 en eng Duke University Press http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/4/587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00141801-50-4-587 Copyright (C) 2003, American Society for Ethnohistory Articles TEXT 2003 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-50-4-587 2007-06-25T01:10:41Z 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. Text First Nations HighWire Press (Stanford University) Ethnohistory 50 4 587 610
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