The guardianship of best interests : institutional care for the children of the poor in Halifax, 1850-1960 / Renée N. Lafferty.
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TextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; ; 60.Publication details: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - 9780773587946
- 0773587942
- Poor children -- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
- Poor children -- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
- Urban poor -- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
- Urban poor -- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
- Enfants pauvres -- Soins en institutions -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Halifax -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Études de cas
- Enfants pauvres -- Soins en institutions -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Halifax -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Études de cas
- Pauvres en milieu urbain -- Soins en institutions -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Halifax -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Études de cas
- Pauvres en milieu urbain -- Soins en institutions -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Halifax -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Études de cas
- Soins en institutions -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Halifax -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Études de cas
- Soins en institutions -- Nouvelle-Écosse -- Halifax -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Études de cas
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare
- HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- )
- Institutional care
- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
- 1800-1999
- 362.73/2097162209034 23
- HV745.N6
- online - EBSCO
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
"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.
A history of charitable children's homes and emergent state-centred child welfare policy in Nova Scotia.