{"product_id":"seen-but-not-seen-9781442627703","title":"Seen but Not Seen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century, the majority of Canadians argued that European civilization must replace Indigenous culture. The ultimate objective was assimilation into the dominant society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeen but Not Seen\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history of Indigenous marginalization and why non-Indigenous Canadians failed to recognize Indigenous societies and cultures as worthy of respect. Approaching the issue biographically, Donald B. Smith presents the commentaries of sixteen influential Canadians  including John A. Macdonald, George Grant, and Emily Carr  who spoke extensively on Indigenous subjects. Supported by documentary records spanning over nearly two centuries, \u003ci\u003eSeen but Not Seen\u003c\/i\u003e covers fresh ground in the history of settler-Indigenous relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seen but Not Seen is a meticulously-researched and beautifully written documentary of the great contradiction of our national life.\" -- Holly Doan * \u003cem\u003eBlacklock's Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is excellent, balanced and illuminating. While it is factually very rich, as well as researched and referenced, it is very readable and accessible.\" -- Chris Stoate * \u003cem\u003eOakville News\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"To see Indigenous peoples, we must also see ourselves. With this well-written, engrossing, and often sobering book, Smith helps us do some of that work, with all the responsibilities it implies.\" -- Elaine Coburn * \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"If more educators and politicians had historically approached this subject area with the same deference and respect, there may not have ever been a need for a century of periodic national commissions of inquiry into the sad state of relations between Canadians and First peoples.\" -- Maurice Switzer * \u003cem\u003eAnishinabek News\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Seen But Not Seen is an eminent historian's portrait gallery: faces of the long century in which Canada was constituted, treaties made, the West settled, residential schools established, and Indigenous peoples shunted to the margins of public awareness.\" -- Roger Epp, University of Alberta * \u003cem\u003eAlberta Views \u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The culmination of Smith's illustrious career writing on Canadian history, Seen but Not Seen vivifies that history with lively biographies of the politicians who made Canadian Indian policies, First Nations activists, scholars, and supporters of Indian rights.\" -- A. B. Kehoe, Marquette University * \u003cem\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"There is something here for everyone: specialists will find accounts of some ‘influencers’ who are little-known today, while readers new to the field will find a balanced telling of some important stories. At a time when emotions are running high and dubious claims are being made about Canadian history, Donald Smith is a voice of informed reason. Seen but Not Seen deserves to be widely read and deeply savoured.\" -- Kerry Abel, Carleton University * \u003ci\u003ePrairie History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Donald B. Smith, emeritus professor of history at the University of Calgary, provides fascinating biographical portraits of sixteen non-Indigenous individuals from different professions and examines how each influenced Canadian perceptions of Indigenous peoples. Well known as the author of previous biographies of Mississauga Chief Peter Jones and the mysterious Buffalo Child Long Lance, Smith draws on knowledge gained in a half-century of archival research and field work to provide readers of Seen but Not Seen with the reasons for Ottawa’s many failures in regard to Indigenous peoples. Although geared for Canadian scholars, historians of Native Americans in the United States will find Smith’s excellent work quite illuminating, as much has parallels south of the international boundary line.\" -- Laurence M. Hauptman, State University of New York * \u003cem\u003eAmerican Indian Culture \u0026amp; Research Journal\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"While most studies in the field evaluate Indigenous policy through laws and the communities impacted by them, Smith focuses on the lawmakers and activists themselves. Shifting the focus from the nation state, governmental departments, and police bureaus to individuals may inspire new conversations around settler accountability for historic wrongdoings.\" -- Emma Scott and Brittany Luby * \u003cem\u003eCanadian Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Seen but Not Seen represents an outstanding culmination of a lifetime of work of one of the first Canadian historians to enter the field of Indigenous history.\" -- Kevin Brushett * \u003cem\u003eOntario History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Seen but Not Seen: Influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to Today offers readers unparalleled expertise on Canadian indigeneity across two centuries.\" -- Jan Noel, University of Toronto * \u003cem\u003eEthnohistory\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"With Seen but Not Seen, Smith has taken a voluminous amount of research and distilled it into a readable, balanced account that’s packed with fascinating detail. His evident passion for the topic shines through.\" * \u003cem\u003eCanada’s History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  List of Illustrations  Maps    Prologue  Note on Terminology    1. John A. Macdonald and the “Indians”  2. Rev. John McDougall and the Stoney Nakoda  3. George Grant: An English Canadian Public Intellectual and the “Indians” 4. Chancellor John A. Boyd and a Fellow Georgian Bay Cottager, Kathleen Coburn   5. Duncan Campbell Scott: Determined Assimilationist   6. Paul A.W. Wallace and the “White Roots of Peace” 7. Quebec Viewpoints: From Lionel Groulx to Jacques Rousseau  8. Attitudes on the Pacific Coast: Franz Boas, Emily Carr, and Maisie Hurley   9. Alberta Perspectives: Long Lance, John Laurie, Hugh Dempsey, and Harold Cardinal   Epilogue: The First Nations and Canada’s Conscience   Bibliography     Notes  Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408354910551,"sku":"9781442627703","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442627703.jpg?v=1730502568","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seen-but-not-seen-9781442627703","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}