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Boys' stories of their time in a residential school : 'the best years of our lives' / Mark Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Mark (Social work professor), author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in social work
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Institutional care--Scotland--Case studies.
- Children.
- Boys--Education--Scotland--Case studies.
- Boys.
- Boys--Scotland--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The List D Schools and St Roch's
- The role of the De La Salle Brothers in the approved and List D Schools
- Positioning myself in St Roch's
- The backgrounds of the St Roch's boys
- Education in its widest sense A sense of care
- Discipline and abuse
- Moving on and looking back
- Care in a cold climate: changing patterns of care and upbringing in neoliberalism
- Making sense of the narrative gap
- Epilogue: Looking back with sadness and not a little anger.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Smith, Mark. Boys' stories of their time in a residential school
- ISBN:
- 9780429486166
- 0429486162
- 9780429942150
- Publisher Number:
- 40031752601
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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