Recent revelations of child abuse in Britain have highlighted the
need to understand the historical background to current attitudes
towards child health and welfare. "In the Name of the Child"
explores a variety of professional, social, political, and cultural
constructions of the child in the crucial decades surrounding the
First World War when modern notions of "the child" were elaborated
and widely institutionalized.
In specially commissioned essays, the contributors describe how
medical and welfare initiatives in the name of the child were
shaped and how changes in medical and welfare provision were
closely allied to political and ideological interests. Chapters
explore the medical invasion of schools, the use of children for
medical experiments in American orphanages, how medical
intervention set new priorities in health care, and the
construction of child abuse prior to 1914.
"In the Name of the Child" clearly shows how moral, political,
class, and gender interests were imposed on children. The
contributors bridge the gap between traditional histories of
medicine and welfare and the social, intellectual, and cultural
history of childhood, and lay the foundation for understanding
contemporary conflicts and concerns about the health and welfare of
children.
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