{"product_id":"a-generation-removed-9781496235435","title":"A Generation Removed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Generation Removed is an examination of the postWorld War II international phenomenon of governments taking Indigenous children away from their primary families and placing them with adoptive parents in the United States, Canada, and Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Illuminating. . . . Jacobs’s history is essential and timely reading.”—Beth H. Piatote, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"This is a moving, significant book. Justice, Jacobs explains, will come only when nonindigenous people acknowledge the damage done. \u003ci\u003eA Generation Removed\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major contribution toward bringing the story to light. It remains for the rest of us to read and teach it.\"—Sherry Smith, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Jacobs] effectively elucidates the complicated policies surrounding the Indigenous child welfare crisis in a mesmerizing narrative that highlights how it’s not just an ‘American Indian story . . . but a profoundly American one.’”—Elise Boxer, \u003ci\u003eSouth Dakota History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Generation Removed\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book that effectively researches and narrates a difficult and upsetting topic that has been all but ignored by mainstream American society for far too long.\"—Akim Reinhardt, \u003ci\u003eNebraska History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Generation Removed\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful eye opener, covering a piece of history we push under the carpet at our own peril.\"—Alan Porter, \u003ci\u003eSaskatchewan History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A solid account that calls for \"a full historical reckoning\" of this devastating chapter in the treatment of Native Americans.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Margaret Jacobs once again demonstrates her genius for writing history that combines penetrating analysis with heart-wrenching stories. Beautifully written, deeply researched, this important and amazing book examines a subject largely unknown to the public at large but all too familiar to Indigenous peoples who have suffered the pain and indignity of child removal.”—David Wallace Adams, author of \u003ci\u003eEducation for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jacobs brings deep scholarship to a topic of searing national and transnational importance. In a respectful, clear voice, she guides the reader on a journey into the most intimate corridors of settler colonialism. This is a complex and often heart-wrenching history that provides salutary lessons for the future.”—Ann McGrath, director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at Australian National University and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHow to Write History That People Want to Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Using compelling stories and weighty evidence, Jacobs has uncovered a modern and ongoing story of child-stealing in the United States. She lays out the shocking history of Native American adoption and the good liberal logic that enabled it in a page-turner of a book.”—Anne F. Hyde, Bancroft Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Generation Removed\u003c\/i\u003e will find a large and interested readership among researchers, university students (of all levels), as well as the broader community of people involved in adoption. This book is also clearly written and is sophisticated without being overly specialized or jargon-ridden. . . . An admirable book, compelling to read despite the tragic stories it recounts.”—Karen Dubinsky, author of \u003ci\u003eBabies without Borders: Adoption and Migration across the Americas \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e A Note on Terms    \u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations    \u003cbr\u003e Simon Ortiz’s Question    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e Prologue    \u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Taking Care of American Indian Children\u003cbr\u003e Modern Indian Life    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Bureaucracy of Caring for Indian Children    \u003cbr\u003e Dana’s Story    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Caring about Indian Children in a Liberal Age    \u003cbr\u003e Part 2. The Indian Child Welfare Crisis in Indian Country\u003cbr\u003e John’s Story    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Losing Children    \u003cbr\u003e Meeting Steven Unger    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Reclaiming Care    \u003cbr\u003e Interviewing Bert Hirsch and Evelyn Blanchard    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Campaign for the Indian Child Welfare Act    \u003cbr\u003e Part 3. The Indian Child Welfare Crisis in a Global Context\u003cbr\u003e Tracking Down the Doucette Family    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Indigenous Child Welfare Crisis in Canada    \u003cbr\u003e Meeting Aunty Di    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Indigenous Child Welfare Crisis in Australia and Transnational Activism    \u003cbr\u003e Finding Russell Moore    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Historical Reckoning with Indigenous Child Removal in Settler Colonial Nations    \u003cbr\u003e Afterword    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography    \u003cbr\u003e Index    \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409244692823,"sku":"9781496235435","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496235435.jpg?v=1730506121","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-generation-removed-9781496235435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}