HIST 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Shortage, Humanitarian Aid, West Brit
8 Mar 2016
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Courts & wrongful death": (higher awards for a loss of a child") Compensation for survivors of catholic sex abuse scandal (e. g. mount cashel orphanage in. Parr on british home children" sent to canada (1989-1939) How do historians" assumptions differ? (about class, parents, child nature, reformers?) Different sources (newspaper sources, court testimonies, private vs. public sources) Religious values and faith in the environment (nurture over nature)= motivation. Reformers believed children should be living at home, not contributing to the family economy, saw parents as bad" if they are living this street life". Middle class reformers want to protect innocent children, but also worry about youth out of control. Stages of child saving: pre-1800: no special arrangements for children. Orphaned children apprentice or indenture: age of institutions, 19th century. Teach order & discipline: child rescue & removal, 1860s . State (police & courts) intervenes in family life to protect children from neglect (but what is neglect?: welfare state, 1900s.
