Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : international perspectives / edited by Jon Lawrence and Pat Starkey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawrence, Jon.

Starkey, Pat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--History--19th century--Congresses.

Child welfare.

Child welfare--History--20th century--Congresses.

Female juvenile delinquents--History--20th century--Congresses.

Female juvenile delinquents.

Immigrant children--History--20th century--Congresses.

Immigrant children.

Social action--History--19th century--Congresses.

Social action.

Social action--History--20th century--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Selected essays from an international conference on Child Welfare and Social Action held at the University of Liverpool, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-632-3

1-84631-281-7

OCLC:

476209241