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Home of Another Kind : One Chicago Orphanage and the Tangle of Child Welfare by Kenneth Cmiel (1995, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226110842
ISBN-139780226110844
eBay Product ID (ePID)75108
Product Key Features
Number of Pages252 Pages
Publication NameHome of Another Kind : One Chicago Orphanage and the Tangle of Child Welfare
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
SubjectChildren's Studies, Sociology / General, Children with Special Needs, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
AuthorKenneth Cmiel
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-014573
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal362.7/32/0977311
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1: A Nineteenth-Century Asylum 2: A Traditional Asylum, 1890-1910 3: Reforming the Orphanage, 1910-1930 4: The End of the Nineteenth Century, 1920-1945 5: Group Living for Children 6: The Rise and Fall of a Residential Treatment Center, 1963-1984 Epilogue: Child Saving at the Fin de Siècle Notes Index
SynopsisIn the most comprehensive account ever written of an American orphanage, an institution about which even its many new advocates and experts know little, Kenneth Cmiel exposes America's changing attitudes toward child welfare. The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children--one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them. But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall? This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.
LC Classification NumberHV995.C42C553 1995
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- 28 Nov, 2016
great price great reading
I'm reading this book is a great reference and source of Chicago Children Homes Institute History I'm sharing this A group of US That Were Actual at Chapin Hall Kenneth Cmeil Did a Great Writing Book with this Unfortunately Kenneth Died some years back ago I'm sure some of us kids from chapin hall would like talk with Kenneth's family ☺Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
