03391nam 2200685 a 450 991045292350332120200520144314.01-283-90156-00-7735-8794-2(CKB)2550000000707709(EBL)3332562(SSID)ssj0000811041(PQKBManifestationID)11432018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811041(PQKBWorkID)10846845(PQKB)10727466(CEL)444722(OCoLC)830009259(CaBNVSL)slc00231804(MiAaPQ)EBC3332562(Au-PeEL)EBL3332562(CaPaEBR)ebr10639529(CaONFJC)MIL421406(OCoLC)923238581(EXLCZ)99255000000070770920130109d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe guardianship of best interests[electronic resource] institutional care for the children of the poor in Halifax, 1850-1960 /Renée N. LaffertyMontreal McGill-Queen's University Press20131 online resource (401 p.)McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.Series two ;600-7735-4055-5 Includes bibliographical references and index."We Need No Reform": The Organization of Local Services and Administrative Innovation, c. 1850-1924 -- Race Uplift, Racism, and the Childhood Ideal: Founding and Funding the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children -- The Unremitting Exercise of Watchfulness: Institutional Environments, Routines, and Practices -- "Out of Mutual Respect Will Come Mutual Responsibility": Coordinating Services and Promoting Interagency Cooperation after World War One -- Managing "High Standards of Professional Ethics": Institutionalization, Gwendolen Lantz, and the Emergence of the "Modern" Children's Home, c. 1940-1952 -- From Protection to Treatment: Group Care and the Transformation of the Institution after World War Two -- Conclusion.A history of charitable children's homes and emergent state-centred child welfare policy in Nova Scotia.McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.Series two ;60.Poor childrenInstitutional careNova ScotiaHalifaxHistory19th centuryCase studiesPoor childrenInstitutional careNova ScotiaHalifaxHistory20th centuryCase studiesUrban poorInstitutional careNova ScotiaHalifaxHistory19th centuryCase studiesUrban poorInstitutional careNova ScotiaHalifaxHistory20th centuryCase studiesInstitutional careNova ScotiaHalifaxHistory20th centuryCase studiesElectronic books.Poor childrenInstitutional careHistoryPoor childrenInstitutional careHistoryUrban poorInstitutional careHistoryUrban poorInstitutional careHistoryInstitutional careHistory362.732Lafferty Renée N947438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452923503321The guardianship of best interests2140763UNINA