Child Welfare 1872-1989 is the first comprehensive book on the history of social policy and child welfare from the 1870s to the present. It offers a full narrative of the development of social services for children, covering a range of topics including infant life protection and welfare, sexuality, child guidance, medical treatment, war time evacuation, and child poverty. Equally importantly the book studies the attitudes to policy-makers towards children. It reveals the way in which children have been viewed both as victims of and threats to the society in which they lived.

Reviews

'Here is a standard text, one unlikely to be bettered for a long time.' -Youth and Policy

'What Hendrick has done is to lay out some tantalising strands in the history of child welfare.' -History Workshop

'Of great interest to scholars in a range of disciplines and which seems certain to become a staple on the student reading lists for years to come.' -Times Higher Education Supplement

'Here is a standard text, one unlikely to be bettered for a long time.' -Youth and Policy

'What Hendrick has done is to lay out some tantalising strands in the history of child welfare.' -History Workshop

'Of great interest to scholars in a range of disciplines and which seems certain to become a staple on the student reading lists for years to come.' -Times Higher Education Supplement

'A detailed survey....He may be recommended as an outline survey.' - English Historical Review

'Both students and their teachers are very much in the debt of Harry Hendrick, who has provided a detailed survey of Child Welfare, England, 1872-1989' -Frank Dikotter, School of Oriental and African Studies

Book Information
ISBN 9780415513135
Author Harry d Hendrick
Format Paperback
Page Count 370
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 680g