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Imagined orphans: poor families, child welfare, and contested citizenship in London

Lydia Murdoch

Year: 2007, c2006.

Publisher: Rutgers University Press.

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table of contents

Title Page

List of Illustrations

Figures

Tables

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: "A Little Waif of London, Rescued from the Streets": Melodrama and Popular Representations of Poor Children

Intro

Melodrama and Victorian Child Philanthropy

Domestic Identity and Child Exploitation

The London "Street Arab"

The Religious and Civic Conversion Experience

Conclusion

Chapter 2: From Barrack Schools to Family Cottages: Creating Domestic Space and Civic Identity for Poor Children

Intro

The Undomestic Poor

The "Ins and Outs" and Institutional Classification

The Female Critique of Barrack Schools

"Unfeminine" Masses: Gender, Citizenship, and Individualization

Family Cottages and Model Village Homes

Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Parents of "Nobody's Children": Family Backgrounds and the Causes of Poverty

Intro

Institutional Records as Sources

Family Backgrounds

Unstable Lives

Introduction

Abuse and Neglect

Housing

Death, Illness, and Unemployment

Life-Cycle Stresses

Unruly Children

Conclusion

Chapter 4: "That Most Delicate of All Questions in an Englishman's Mind": The Rights of Parents and Their Continued Contact with Institutionalized Children

Intro

Temporary versus Long-Term Institutionalization

Introduction

Metropolitan Poor Law Institutions

Barnardo's Institutions

"Absconding"

Visits between Parents and Children

Parental Supervision of Institutionalized Children

Introduction

Medical Supervision

Complaints of Abuse

Religious Instruction

Custody Conflicts and the Rights of Poor Parents

Parent-Child Relations after Institutionalization

Conclusion

Chapter 5: Training "Street Arabs" into British Citizens: Making Artisans and Members of Empire

Intro

Work, Discipline, and the Artisan Ideal of Citizenship

Imperial Citizenship

The Employment of Youths from London Poor Law Schools

Conclusion

Chapter 6: "Their Charge and Ours": Changing Notions of Child Welfare and Citizenship

Intro

War and Child Welfare Institutions

From "Nobody's Children" to "Somebody's Bairns"

Wartime Disruptions

Conclusion

Notes

Abbreviations

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Chapter 1: "A Little Waif of London, Rescued from the Streets"

Chapter 2: From Barrack Schools to Family Cottages

Chapter 3: The Parents of "Nobody's Children"

Chapter 4: "That Most Delicate of All Questions in an Englishman's Mind"

Chapter 5: Training "Street Arabs" into British Citizens

Chapter 6: "Their Charge and Ours"

Conclusion

Bibliography

Special Collections and Archives

Parliamentary Papers

Periodicals

Published Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index

About the Author

reviews

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Imagined orphans : poor families, child welfare, and contested citizenship in London Lydia Murdoch.

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Murdoch, Lydia, 1970-

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Imagined orphans : poor families, child welfare, and contested citizenship in London Lydia Murdoch.
Murdoch, Lydia, 1970-
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2007, c2006.

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Subject Headings:

• Dr Barnardo's (Organization) -- History
• Child welfare -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
• Child welfare -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
• Poor children -- Institutional care -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
• Poor children -- Institutional care -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
• Poor families -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
• Poor families -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century

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