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Autore |
Ramey Jessie B |
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Titolo |
Child care in black and white [[electronic resource] ] : working parents and the history of orphanages / / Jessie B. Ramey |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-252-09442-5 |
1-283-99358-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Collana |
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Working class in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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