| Description |
1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In Tending the Gardens of Citizenship, Xiaobei Chen takes a Foucauldian governmentality approach to the subject of child saving work during this period and demonstrates the difference between the positions of children in citizenship politics at that time and today. While breaking new ground with her critical observation of canonical ideas and practices, the author argues that the protection of children from parental abuse and neglect is best understood as a project that has undergone radical historical transformations, depending on the political and social agendas of the day. This book marks a serious advancement in the study of Canadian social history, child welfare, and government policy."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Emergence of Child Saving: Influence of the Christian Mission and Prison-Reform Movements""; ""2 The Evil Twins of Cruelty and Neglect: Seeds of Moral and Social Problems""; ""3 �Cultivating Children as You Would Valuable Plants:� The Gardening Governmentality of Parenting and Child Saving""; ""4 Reports, Visits, and Case Records: Processes of Establishing Power/Knowledge""; ""5 The Shelter: A Locus of Organizing and Transforming Power Relations""; ""6 The Detention Room: A Jail under Children�s Aid Auspices?"" |
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""7 Foster Care: A Technology for Applying Proper Parental Power""""8 Child Protection at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century: �Keeping Kids Safe�""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child welfare -- Government policy -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century.
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Child welfare -- Government policy. |
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Ontario -- Toronto. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Child welfare. |
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Child welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century.
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Child welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Child welfare -- Government policy -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Child welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chen, Xiaobei, 1969- Tending the gardens of citizenship. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2005 9780802039132 (DLC) 2005282633 (OCoLC)57207981 |
| ISBN |
9781442680456 (electronic book) |
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1442680458 (electronic book) |
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1282029088 |
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9781282029088 |
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0802039138 (bound) |
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9780802039132 |
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