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

• Pubblicazione: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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; Female juvenile delinquents - History - 20th century; Immigrant children - History - 20th century; Social action - History - 19th century; Social action - History - 20th century
• Altri autori: LawrenceJon StarkeyPat
• Note generali: Selected essays from an international conference on Child Welfare and Social Action held at the University of Liverpool, 1998.
• 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.
• 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.: 9910170966803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II