The home on Gorham Street and the voices of its children /

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The Home on Gorham Street looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of eldersÑonce wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940sÑtell us in sometimes poetic, often comic, usually...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldstein, Howard, 1922-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1996.
Temas:
Jewish Children's Home (Rochester, N.Y.) > History.
Jewish Children's Home (Rochester, N.Y.)
Jewish orphanages > New York (State) > Rochester > History.
Orphans > New York (State) > Rochester > Social conditions.
Orphelinats pour Juifs > New York (État) > Rochester > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Jewish orphanages
Orphans > Social conditions
New York (State) > Rochester
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Home on Gorham Street looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of eldersÑonce wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940sÑtell us in sometimes poetic, often comic, usually ironic, and always poignant words what it was really like to grow up in an Òorphanage.Ó Emerging from this penetrating adventure are principles for the future of effective group care in meeting the needs of the rapidly growing number of abused, forsaken, and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
ISBN:9780817382827
0817382828

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