Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850?1915: 83 (Studies in Imperialism)

Hillel, Margot

ISBN 10: 0719078946 / ISBN 13: 9780719078941

Published by Manchester University Press, 2010

About this Item

In the second half of the nineteenth century, prominent English child rescuers, reconstituted the vulnerable body of the child at risk as central to the survival of nation, race and empire. The book explains how the project contributed to the neglect and abuse disclosed in recent enquiries into the past treatment of children in out-of-home 'care'. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBC; 1MBF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBLL; HBTQ; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850?1915: 83 (Studies in Imperialism)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719078946
• ISBN 13: 9780719078941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Child, nation, race and empire is an innovative, inter-disciplinary, cross cultural study that contributes to understandings of both contemporary child welfare practices and the complex dynamics of empire.

It analyses the construction and transmission of nineteenth-century British child rescue ideology. Locating the origins of contemporary practice in the publications of the prominent English Child rescuers, Dr Barnardo, Thomas Bowman Stephenson, Benjamin Waugh, Edward de Montjoie Rudolf and their colonial disciples and literature written for children, it shows how the vulnerable body of the child at risk came to be reconstituted as central to the survival of nation, race and empire.

Yet, as the shocking testimony before the many official enquiries into the past treatment of children in out-of-home ‘care’ held in Britain, Ireland, Australia and Canada make clear, there was no guarantee that the rescued child would be protected from further harm.

About the Authors

Margot Hillel is a Professor and Head of School at Australian Catholic University

Shurlee Swain is a Professor at Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne