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Author:

Swain, Shurlee. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88007022

Title:

Child, nation, race and empire : child rescue discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850-1915 / Shurlee Swain and Margot Hillel.

Publisher:

Manchester University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Child welfare--England--History.
Child welfare--Canada--History.
Child welfare--Australia--History.
Children--History.--England--History.
Children--History.--Canada--History.
Children--History.--Australia--History.
Nationalism--England--History.
Nationalism--Canada--History.
Nationalism--Australia--History.
Great Britain--Social conditions.--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Hillel, Margot. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97086092

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-192) and index.

Contents:

The child as citizen -- The gospel of child rescue -- The body of the child -- The body of the nation -- The salvation of the race -- The salvation of the empire -- A new orthodoxy in child protection practice -- Lost, stolen or forgotten: the legacy of the survivors.

Summary:

'Child, Nation, Race and Empire' is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study that contributes to the understandings of both contemporary child welfare practices and the complex dynamics of empire.

Series:

Studies in imperialism

ISBN:

0719078946
9780719078941

OCLC:

(OCoLC)540143529

LCCN:

2010484408

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)