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Imagined orphans : poor families, child welfare, and contested citizenship in London
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- Creator
- Lydia Murdoch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xii, 252 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813541020, 1282133667, 9786613806246, 9781282133662, 9780813537221, 0813537223, 6613806242, 0813541026, 0813538238
- OCLC
- ocn799766960, ocn182529916, ocm60245383, on1058894081
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-242) and index.
- "A little waif of London, rescued from the streets": melodrama and popular representations of poor children -- From barrack schools to family cottages: creating domestic space and civic identity for poor children -- The parents of "nobody's children": family backgrounds and the causes of poverty -- "That most delicate of all questions in an Englishman's mind": the rights of parents and their continued contact with institutionalized children -- Training "Street Arabs" into British citizens: making artisans and members of empire -- "Their charge and ours": changing notions of child welfare and citizenship
Subjects
- Dr Barnardo's (Organization) -- History.
- Child welfare -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
- Child welfare -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
- Poor children -- Institutional care -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
- Poor children -- Institutional care -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
- Poor families -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
- Poor families -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.