ISBN:
9781849049429
,
1849049424
Language:
English
Pages:
vii, 363 pages
,
23 cm
DDC:
305.23086/945
Keywords:
Orphans History
;
Waisenkind
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Orphans; 1. Orphans; 2. The Care of Orphans; 3. Orphans of the Rich; Part Two: Orphans in Britain; 4. The Poor Law, 1601-1834; 5. After 1834; 6. Philanthropic Abduction; 7. War and the Orphans of Strife; 8. The End of an Epoch; Part Three: Orphanings of Modernity; 9. Social Fosterings; 10. A Millennial Restructuring; Notes; Index
Abstract:
"Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, malevolent, and in need of discipline. Drawing on historic documents, interviews and memoirs, Jeremy Seabrook charts history's changing and often loose definitions of 'orphans', and explores their many 'makers'--from natural or man-made catastrophes to the State, charity, and other social forces that have separated children, especially the poor, from their close kin. But this history is not only one of suffering: Orphans also reveals the uncounted millions taken in and loved by relatives, neighbours or strangers. Freed from constraints and driven by insecurity, many orphans--including Nelson Mandela, Marilyn Monroe and Steve Jobs--have led remarkable lives."--Publisher description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index
