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BEAN, PHILIP and MELVILLE, JOY: : CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE: The Untold Story of Britain's Child Migrants

LONDON.UNWIN HYMAN LIMITED,1989.

ISBN 0044403585.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white & blue lettering to front panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - body of text near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white eps.A production fault(?)a crease from ffe through the prelims and up to pp8,the last page of first chapter.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-177pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,12pp contemporary, historical b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 2,2,and 8pp apiece,between pp50/1,pp82/3 and pp146/7 respectively,further information,a bibliography and an index, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables, acknowledgements,My Life in a Nutshell (Dorothy Chernikov who found her family via the Child Migrants Trust). The extraordinary and untold story of Britain's child migrants is one of shaming exploitation.Around 130,000 children,some just 3 or 4 years old,were shipped off to distant parts of the Empire,the last as recently as 1967. For Britain it was a cheap way of emptying children's homes and populating the colonies with 'good British stock'; for the colonies it was a source of cheap labour.The so-called philanthropists and chid 'care' agencies which set up migration schemes in the last century built up the dream of a new life in new lands.But in practice,life for the 90,000 children exported to Canada from the 1860s to the 1920s was often one of unremitting harship,working a sixteen-hour day on isolated farmsteads; they were often beaten and mistreated and never saw their families or the shores of Britain again. But the real shock is that child migration did not end in the 1920s. Even after the Second World War,until it ended some twenty years ago (then 1989), around 10,000 were transported to Australia - where many were subjected to at best uncarng abandonment,and at worst a regime of appalling cruelty. Abuse and deception characterised the Australian schemes.Parents were told that their children had been adopted in Britain,children were brought up in Australian institutions to believe they were orphans.Now adults,they still break down when they relate their experiences, and for many the search for family has become a lifelong crusade.Because of the withholding or absence of information,only some are reunited with mothers and relatives they did not know existed - a reunion of happiness and confusion on one side,and guilt and disbelief on the other. 'Lost Children of the Empire' tells the remarkable story of the Child Migrants Trust set up,in 1987,to trace families and to help those involved to come to terms with what has happened.But nothing can explain away the connivance and irresponsiblity of the governments and organisations involved in this inhuman chapter of British history. 'Lost Children of the Empire' was the subject of a major British ITV documentary screened in May 1989. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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