The guardianship of best interests [[electronic resource] ] : institutional care for the children of the poor in Halifax, 1850-1960 / / Renée N. Lafferty
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Lafferty Renée N
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The guardianship of best interests [[electronic resource] ] : institutional care for the children of the poor in Halifax, 1850-1960 / / Renée N. Lafferty
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.732 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poor children - Institutional care - Nova Scotia - Halifax - History - 19th century |
| Poor children - Institutional care - Nova Scotia - Halifax - History - 20th century | |
| Urban poor - Institutional care - Nova Scotia - Halifax - History - 19th century | |
| Urban poor - Institutional care - Nova Scotia - Halifax - History - 20th century | |
| Institutional care - Nova Scotia - Halifax - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A history of charitable children's homes and emergent state-centred child welfare policy in Nova Scotia. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The guardianship of best interests |
| ISBN: | 1-283-90156-0 |
| 0-7735-8794-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452923503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. : Series two ; ; 60.