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Children's homes : a history of institutional care for Britain's young / Peter Higginbotham.

By: Higginbotham, Peter [author.]Description: viii, 310 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN: 9781526701350; 1526701359Subject(s): Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain -- History | Orphanages -- history | Child, Orphaned -- history | Social Conditions -- history | History, Modern 1601- | United KingdomDDC classification: 362.73/2 LOC classification: HV866.G7 | H54 2017NLM classification: 2017 I-944
Contents:
1. Early children's homes -- 2. Reformatories, ragged and industrial schools -- 3. Approved schools -- 4. Training ships -- 5. The Shaftesbury homes and 'Arethusa' -- 6. Muller's orphan houses -- 7. Barnardo's homes -- 8. The National Children's Home -- 9. The Waifs and Strays Society -- 10. Occupational homes -- 11. Other voluntary homes -- 12. Religious homes -- 13. Children with disabilities -- 14. Fund raising -- 15. Poor Law homes -- 16. Emigration homes -- 17. Boarding out/fostering -- 18. Aftercare and preventive work -- 19. Magdalen homes -- 20. Local authority children's homes -- 21. Life in children's homes -- 22. Abuse in children's homes -- 23. A future for children's homes? -- 24. Children's home records -- 25. Useful resources.
Summary: "What image does the word 'orphanage' conjure up in your mind? A sunny scene of carefree children at play in the grounds of a large ivy-clad house? Or a forbidding grey edifice whose cowering inmates were ruled over with a rod of iron by a stern, starched matron? In Children's Homes, Peter Higginbotham explores the history of the institutions in Britain that were used as a substitute for children's 'natural' homes. From the Tudor times to the present day, this fascinating book answers questions such as: Who founded and ran all these institutions? Who paid for them? Where have they all gone? And what was life like for their inmates? Illustrated throughout, Children's Homes provides an essential, previously overlooked, account of the history of these British institutions."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Early children's homes -- 2. Reformatories, ragged and industrial schools -- 3. Approved schools -- 4. Training ships -- 5. The Shaftesbury homes and 'Arethusa' -- 6. Muller's orphan houses -- 7. Barnardo's homes -- 8. The National Children's Home -- 9. The Waifs and Strays Society -- 10. Occupational homes -- 11. Other voluntary homes -- 12. Religious homes -- 13. Children with disabilities -- 14. Fund raising -- 15. Poor Law homes -- 16. Emigration homes -- 17. Boarding out/fostering -- 18. Aftercare and preventive work -- 19. Magdalen homes -- 20. Local authority children's homes -- 21. Life in children's homes -- 22. Abuse in children's homes -- 23. A future for children's homes? -- 24. Children's home records -- 25. Useful resources.

"What image does the word 'orphanage' conjure up in your mind? A sunny scene of carefree children at play in the grounds of a large ivy-clad house? Or a forbidding grey edifice whose cowering inmates were ruled over with a rod of iron by a stern, starched matron? In Children's Homes, Peter Higginbotham explores the history of the institutions in Britain that were used as a substitute for children's 'natural' homes. From the Tudor times to the present day, this fascinating book answers questions such as: Who founded and ran all these institutions? Who paid for them? Where have they all gone? And what was life like for their inmates? Illustrated throughout, Children's Homes provides an essential, previously overlooked, account of the history of these British institutions."--Publisher's description.