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Author Chmidling, Catherine.

Title History of the Kansas Orphans' Home, 1887-1962 : the Professionalization of Charity.

Publication Info. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
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Summary This case study combines James C. Scott?s theory of high-modern social engineering with economic and evolutionary theories of altruism and reciprocal altruism to analyze and interpret the text and quantitative data in reports spanning 1887 through 1963 from the Kansas Orphans? Home.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Period One, 1887-1907 : Sanctuary from the present ; preparation for the future -- Period Two, 1907-1930 : The price of care -- Period Three, 1931-1938 : Streamlining -- Period Four, 1939-1962 : Rise of the professionals -- Conclusion.
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Subject Kansas Orphans' Home -- History.
Kansas Orphans' Home.
History.
Orphanages -- Kansas -- History.
Orphanages.
Kansas.
Orphans -- Kansas -- History.
Orphans.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780773436671
ISBN 9780773419124
0773419128
9780773436671
0773436677