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Children's homes : a history of institutional care for Britains young /
- Title
- Children's homes : a history of institutional care for Britains young / Peter Higginbotham.
- Author
- Higginbotham, Peter,
- Publication
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 310 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Early children's homes -- 2. Reformatories, ragged and industrial schools -- 3. Approved schools -- 4. Training ships -- 5. The Shaftesbury homes and 'Arethusa' -- 6. Muller's orphan houses -- 7. Barnardo's homes -- 8. The National Children's Home -- 9. The Waifs and Strays Society -- 10. Occupational homes -- 11. Other voluntary homes -- 12. Religious homes -- 13. Children with disabilities -- 14. Fund raising -- 15. Poor Law homes -- 16. Emigration homes -- 17. Boarding out/fostering -- 18. Aftercare and preventive work -- 19. Magdalen homes -- 20. Local authority children's homes -- 21. Life in children's homes -- 22. Abuse in children's homes -- 23. A future for children's homes? -- 24. Children's home records -- 25. Useful resources.
- ISBN
- 9781526701350
- 1526701359
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library