1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453145203321

Autore

Ramey Jessie B

Titolo

Child care in black and white [[electronic resource] ] : working parents and the history of orphanages / / Jessie B. Ramey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

0-252-09442-5

1-283-99358-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Working class in American history

Disciplina

362.73/2

Soggetti

Orphanages - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History

Children - Institutional care - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History

Working poor - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History

Poor women - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History

Race discrimination - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History

Race relations - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women -- Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis -- Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care -- Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care -- Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations -- Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children -- Conclusion : contesting orphans.

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two 'sister' orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910696257203321

Titolo

Geochemical variability of soils and biogeochemical variability of plants in the Piceance Basin, Colorado [[electronic resource] /] / by M.L. Tuttle ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1986

Descrizione fisica

Electronic text : .DJVU, Image file

Collana

Geochemical survey of the western energy regions

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1134-E

Altri autori (Persone)

TuttleM. L

Soggetti

Soils - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed - Composition

Plants - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed

Soil chemistry - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed

Geochemistry - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed

Biogeochemistry - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed

Plant-soil relationships - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed

Oil-shale industry - Environmental aspects - Colorado - Piceance Creek Watershed

Piceance Creek Watershed (Colo.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 18, 2007).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-44).



3.

Record Nr.

UNICASMIL0671598

Autore

Grossi, Tommaso <1790-1853>

Titolo

Carteggio : 1816-1853 / Tommaso Grossi ; a cura di Aurelio Sargenti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Centro nazionale studi manzoniani

Varese, : Insubria university press, 2005

ISBN

8887924872

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 24 cm

Collana

Quaderni Manzoni ; 6

Fonti ; 2

Disciplina

856.7

Soggetti

Grossi, Tommaso - Lettere e carteggi - 1816-1853

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia