0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare

Buy Now

Childcare, Health and Mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800 - 'Left to the Mercy of the World' (Paperback) Loot Price: R665
Discovery Miles 6 650
Childcare, Health and Mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800 - 'Left to the Mercy of the World'...

Childcare, Health and Mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800 - 'Left to the Mercy of the World' (Paperback)

Alysa Levene

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R665 Discovery Miles 6 650 | Repayment Terms: R62 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Newly available in paperback, this thorough and engaging examination of an institution and its young charges is set in the wider social, cultural, demographic and medical context of the eighteenth century. By examining the often short lives of abandoned babies, Levene illustrates the variety of pathways to health, ill-health and death taken by the young and how it intersected with local epidemiology, institutional life and experiences of abandonment, feeding and child-care. Child fostering, paid nursing and family formation in different parts of England are also examined, showing how this metropolitan institution called on a network of contacts to try to raise its charges to good health. Of significance to scholars working in economic and social history, medical and institutional history and histories of childhood and childcare in the early modern period, the book will also appeal to anthropologists interested in child-rearing and feeding practices, and inter-family relationships.

General

Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2012
First published: 2007
Authors: Alysa Levene
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-7355-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Promotions
LSN: 0-7190-7355-3
Barcode: 9780719073557

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Protecting Children in the Age of…
Radha Jagannathan, Michael J Camasso Hardcover R2,127 Discovery Miles 21 270
What Works in Reducing Inequalities in…
Helen Roberts Book R2,936 Discovery Miles 29 360
From Pariahs to Partners - How parents…
David Tobis Hardcover R1,222 Discovery Miles 12 220
Child Welfare Removals by the State - A…
Kenneth Burns, Tarja Pvsv, … Hardcover R2,030 Discovery Miles 20 300
Children's Rights in a Transitional…
C.J. Davel Paperback R21 Discovery Miles 210
Russia's Abandoned Children - An…
Clementine K Fujimura, Sally W. Stoecker, … Hardcover R2,044 Discovery Miles 20 440
Protecting Our Kids? - How Sex Offender…
Emily Horowitz Hardcover R1,777 Discovery Miles 17 770
Research Handbook on Leave Policy…
Ivana Dobrotic, Sonja Blum, … Hardcover R6,563 Discovery Miles 65 630
CACHE Entry Level 3/Level 1 Caring for…
Penny Tassoni Paperback R1,259 Discovery Miles 12 590
Provision of Psychosocial Support and…
Simon George Taukeni, Joyce Mathwasa, … Hardcover R5,784 Discovery Miles 57 840
The Best For Your Child With Adhd…
Thomas Robert Mft Hardcover R733 Discovery Miles 7 330
A Year of Mini-Moves for the In-Sync…
Carol Kranowitz, Joye Newman Paperback R468 R431 Discovery Miles 4 310

See more

Partners