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The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America - Couverture souple

Holt, Marilyn Irvin

 
9780803272651: The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803272650 ISBN 13 : 9780803272651
Editeur : Bison Books, 1994

Synopsis

"From 1850 to 1930 America witnessed a unique emigration and resettlement of at least 200,000 children and several thousand adults, primarily from the East Coast to the West. This 'placing out, ' an attempt to find homes for the urban poor, was best known by the 'orphan trains' that carried the children. Holt carefully analyzes the system, initially instituted by the New York Children's Aid Society in 1853, tracking its imitators as well as the reasons for its creation and demise. She captures the children's perspective with the judicious use of oral histories, institutional records, and newspaper accounts. This well-written volume sheds new light on the multifaceted experience of children's immigration, changing concepts of welfare, and Western expansion. It is good, scholarly social history."-Library Journal Marilyn Irvin Holt, former director of publications at the Kansas State Historical Society; is a freelance editor, writer, and researcher and teaches historical editing at the University of Kansas.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marilyn Irvin Holt, former director of publications at the Kansas State Historical Society; is a freelance editor, writer, and researcher and teaches historical editing at the University of Kansas.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803272650
ISBN 13 
9780803272651
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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