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Child and family welfare in British Columbia : a history / Diane Purvey and Christopher Walmsley, editors.

Title
Child and family welfare in British Columbia : a history / Diane Purvey and Christopher Walmsley, editors.
Publication
Calgary : Detselig Enterprises, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Walmsley, Christopher.
  • Purvey, Diane.
Description
377 p. : ports.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Child welfare > British Columbia > History
  • Family social work > British Columbia > History
  • Enfants > Histoire. > Colombie-Britannique
  • Service social familial > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Persistence and privilege : boarding and single fathers in the practice of child rescue, 1901-1930 / Robert Adamoski -- Alexandra Orphanage and families in crisis in Vancouver, 1892-1938 / Diane Purvey -- Sinners or sinned against? : historical aspects of female juvenile delinquency in British Columbia / Indiana Matters -- Child emigrants, child welfare and the Fairbridge Society in British Columbia, 1931-1951 / Patrick Dunae -- "New Canadians" or "slaves of Satan"? : the law and the education of Doukhobor children, 1911-1935 / John McLaren -- Interrupted relations : the adoption of children in twentieth century British Columbia / Veronica Strong-Boag -- Sacred daemons : exploring British Columbian society perceptions of "mentally deficient" children, 1870-1930 / Nic Clarke -- Welfare amazons or handmaidens of the state? : welfare field workers in rural British Columbia, 1935-1942 / Megan Davies -- Beyond stereotypes of old maids and grand dames : women as insurgents in child welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan -- "Must a wife do all the adjusting?" : attitudes and practices of social workers toward wife abuse in Vancouver, 1945-1960 / Diane Purvey -- A Spallumcheen foster child / Gord Bruyere -- Social work education at UBC in the 1950s : a student perspective / Brian Wharf -- The British Columbia child welfare survey (1927) : a policy narrative of children's needs / Christopher Walmsley -- Claiming a unique place : the introduction of mothers' pensions in B.C. / Margaret Little -- For God, country, and the public purse : 'liberal' politics and the campaign for family courts in British Columbia, 1939-1945 / Dorothy E. Chunn.
ISBN
1550592904 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^2006373680
OCLC
61755522
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library