Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries :
[Book]
international perspectives /
edited by Jon Lawrence and Pat Starkey.
Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2001.
1 online resource (vi, 294 pages) :
illustrations
Based on a conference on Child Welfare and Social Action held at the University of Liverpool, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Child Welfare and Social Action; I: Gender and 'Delinquency'; II: Child Emigration; III: Rethinking Philanthropy; IV: 'Welfare States' and Child Welfare; Notes on Contributors; Index
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This collection of twelve essays represents an important contribution to the understanding of child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They challenge many assumptions about the history of childhood and child welfare policy and cover a variety of themes including the physical and sexual abuse of children, forced child migration and role of the welfare state.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
JSTOR
22573/ctt5p5qvs
Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
9780853236764
Child welfare-- History-- 19th century, Congresses.
Child welfare-- History-- 20th century, Congresses.