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E-book
Author Steer, Rosemary A

Title Children in Care, 1834-1929 The Lives of Destitute, Orphaned and Deserted Children
Published Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (242 p.)
Contents Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Mrs Brandreth's Charity for Workhouse,Destitute and Orphaned Children -- Chapter 2 Attitudes and Legislation Relating to the Poor -- Chapter 3 The World of the Deprived Child -- Chapter 4 Tipping Points -- Reasons ChildrenCame into Care -- Plate section -- Chapter 5 Workhouses and Other State Provision -- Chapter 6 The Charitable Response -- Chapter 7 Family Life in Care -Boarding Out and Adoption -- Chapter 8 New Lives, A World Away -- Child Migration -- Chapter 9 Life After Care
Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index -- Back cover
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain -- History
Orphans.
Orphans -- Great Britain -- History
Children -- Institutional care.
Orphans.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526728043
1526728044