Reviews for Coming Canadians: An Introduction to a History of Canada's Peoples

The average rating for Coming Canadians: An Introduction to a History of Canada's Peoples based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-20 00:00:00 Neil Oldfield This book was useful, if only because it was very light reading and had some very basic second and even first hand info about Maori tattooing in the 1860s. It bothered me that his premise was to save knowlege on tattooing that he believed would be extinct by the end of the century (it obviously isn't). Of course, he was a product of his time and while he does lament the situation involving the trade in mokomokai he was not only an active participant, but one of the most avid collectors in Europe. I found the prospect of reading such insensitive and biased info distasteful, but he kept it simple enough so that I easily overcame this misgiving.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-29 00:00:00 John Sholin This book covers every aspect of Maori tattooing in a precise manner. It only falls short in that the author believed moko didn't happen much before Cook's arrival because their were no "written" records. This was/is a culture that can trace its roots back 4 000 years but we can forgive Robley since the book was first published in 1896.