“Neither Unimportant nor Uninstructive”: An Examination of the Socio-Political Context and Content of Rev. Moses Harvey’s 1885 Newfoundland History Textbook for Schools

• Published in: Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation
• Main Author: Ralph, Rebecca Faye
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian History of Education Association / Association canadienne d'histoire de l'éducation 2022
• Subjects: Newfoundland; denominational schools; churches; church-state relations; colonialism; nationalism; textbooks and education history; Terre-Neuve; écoles confessionnelles; églises; relations Église-État; colonialisme; nationalisme; manuels scolaires et histoire de l’éducation; Moses
• Online Access: http://historicalstudiesineducation.ca/index.php/edu_hse-rhe/article/view/5019; https://doi.org/10.32316/hse-rhe.v34i1.5019

In 1885, a decade after the creation of the denominational school system in Newfoundland, Rev. Moses Harvey published his Text-book of Newfoundland History: For the use of Schools and Academies. The book was embraced by the denominational superintendents and used in denominational schools. Two facto...