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The guardianship of best interests : institutional care for the children of the poor in Halifax, 1850-1960 /

A history of charitable children's homes and emergent state-centred child welfare policy in Nova Scotia.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lafferty, Renée Nicole, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2012.
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 60.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "We Need No Reform": The Organization of Local Services and Administrative Innovation, c. 1850-1924
  • Race Uplift, Racism, and the Childhood Ideal: Founding and Funding the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
  • The Unremitting Exercise of Watchfulness: Institutional Environments, Routines, and Practices
  • "Out of Mutual Respect Will Come Mutual Responsibility": Coordinating Services and Promoting Interagency Cooperation after World War One
  • Managing "High Standards of Professional Ethics": Institutionalization, Gwendolen Lantz, and the Emergence of the "Modern" Children's Home, c. 1940-1952
  • From Protection to Treatment: Group Care and the Transformation of the Institution after World War Two
  • Conclusion.