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Imagined Orphans : Poor Families, Child Welfare, and Contested Citizenship in London
With his dirty, tattered clothes and hollowed-out face, the image of Oliver Twist is the enduring symbol of the young indigent spilling out of the orphanages and haunting the streets of late-nineteenth-century London. He is the victim of two evils: an aristocratic ruling class and, more directly, ne...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1: "A Little Waif of London, Rescued from the Streets": Melodrama and Popular Representations of Poor Children; Chapter 2: From Barracks Schools to Family Cottages: Creating Domestic Space and Civic Identity for Poor Children; Chapter 3: The Parents of "Nobody's Children": Family Backgrounds and the Causes of Poverty; Chapter 4: "That Most Delicate of All Questions in an Englishman's Mind": The Rights of Parents and Their Continued Contact with Institutionalized Children.
- Chapter 5: Training "Street Arabs" into British Citizens: Making Artisans and Members of EmpireChapter 6: "Their Charge and Ours": Changing Notions of Child Welfare and Citizenship; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.