Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850-1915

Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850-1915 Hillel Margot ,Swain Shurlee Wydawca: Manchester University Press Data wydania: 2010 ISBN: 9780719078941 Liczba stron: 208 Format: 234 x 160 x 24 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: In the second half of the nineteenth century, prominent English child rescuers, reconstituted the vulnerable body of the child at risk as central to the survival of nation, race and empire. The book explains how the project contributed to the neglect and abuse disclosed in recent enquiries into the past treatment of children in out-of-home care . -- .