Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850–1915
Author:   Margot Hillel ,  Shurlee Swain ,  Andrew Thompson ,  John MacKenzie
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719078941


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850–1915


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Author:   Margot Hillel ,  Shurlee Swain ,  Andrew Thompson ,  John MacKenzie
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780719078941


ISBN 10:   0719078946
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents List of figures Preface List of abbreviations 1. The child as citizen 2. The gospel of child rescue 3. The body of the child 4. The body of the nation 5. The salvation of the race 6. The salvation of the empire 7. A new orthodoxy in child protection practice 8. Lost, stolen or forgotten: the legacy of the survivors Bibliography Index -- .

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<p> This study finds much to condemn in the child removal system, but the authors also caution against resorting to simplistic solutions to complex problems. Summing Up: Recommended. - CHOICE <br><br> The authors bring to their analysis an imposing and impressive weight of research - they have immersed themselves deeply in the prose, poetry, and pictures of the rescue narrative, and establish the key elements in it. - Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent, Victorian Studies Review


""This study finds much to condemn in the child removal system, but the authors also caution against resorting to simplistic solutions to complex problems. Summing Up: Recommended."" - ""CHOICE"" ""The authors bring to their analysis an imposing and impressive weight of research - they have immersed themselves deeply in the prose, poetry, and pictures of the rescue narrative, and establish the key elements in it."" - Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent, ""Victorian Studies Review""


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Margot Hillel is a Professor and Head of School at Australian Catholic University. Shurlee Swain is a Professor at Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne

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