Lessons in Legitimacy Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia

Between 1849 and 1930, government-assisted schooling in British Columbia supported the development of a capitalist settler society. These institutions administered different systems that trained Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in their unequal roles in the emerging social order. Lessons in Legitimacy examines education for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students-through public schools, Indian Day Schools, and Indian Residential Schools-and how educational institutions normalized settler capitalism and its making of British Columbia.
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