HIST 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Protestantism, Infant Mortality, Hull House
20 Nov 2015
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When analyzing photos, only focus on what the photo tells you- no assumptions. Think about what the goal of the photographer is. Photos tells us more about photographer than children themselves. Orphaned children apprentice or indenture: age of institutions 19th century. Teach order and discipline: child rescue and removal 1860"s. State (police and courts) intervenes in family life to protect children from neglect (but what is neglect?: welfare state 1900s. Large numbers of children in industry and on streets (seemingly out of control) Unhealthy working and living conditions (worrying about physical, mental and moral health oh children) Mass immigration english protestant fear of race suicide (the impact of ethnic racial diversity) New faith in science, expertise and environmental reforms. New theories of child psychology (g. stanley hall: stanley hall (1884-1924) Child study= scientific study of children to understand laws of child development from infancy to adulthood. The psychological development of every individual recapitulates the evolution of the human race.
