Second Home : : Orphan Asylums and Poor Families in America / / Timothy A. Hacsi.
As orphan asylums ceased to exist in the late twentieth century, interest in them dwindled as well. Yet, from the Civil War to the Great Depression, America's dependent children--children whose families were unable to care for them--received more aid from orphan asylums than from any other mean...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1997 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 p.) :; 11 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Growth and Triumph of an Institution
- 2. The Changing Nature of Orphan Asylums
- 3. Managers and Funding
- 4. Through the Asylum Doors
- 5. Routine, Discipline, and Improvements in Asylum Life
- 6. Education and Building Character
- 7. Play, Holidays, and Vacations
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Supplementary Tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index