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

• Pubblicazione: Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.7/09/034
• Soggetto topico: Child welfare - History - 19th century; Child welfare - History - 20th century; Immigrant children - History - 20th century; Female juvenile delinquents - History
• Persona (resp. second.): LawrenceJon; StarkeyPat
• Note generali: Based on a conference on Child Welfare and Social Action held at the University of Liverpool, 1998.; Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Child Welfare & Social Action from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
• Titolo autorizzato: Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
• ISBN: 1-78138-632-3; 1-84631-281-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996218386603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno