Title The Charleston Orphan House : children's lives in the first public orphanage in America / John E. Murray.

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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 268 pages) : illustrations, map.
	data file
Physical Medium	polychrome
Series	Markets and governments in economic history
	Markets and governments in economic history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and indexes.
Contents	Charleston -- Orphan house -- Families -- Education -- Sickness -- Leaving -- Apprenticeship -- Transitions.
Summary	The first public orphanage in America, the Charleston Orphan House saw to the welfare and education of thousands of children from poor white families in the urban South. From wealthy benefactors to the families who sought its assistance to the artisans and merchants who relied on its charges as apprentices, the Orphan House was a critical component of the city's social fabric. By bringing together white citizens from all levels of society, it also played a powerful political role in maintaining the prevailing social order. John E. Murray tells the story of.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	English.
Subject	Charleston Orphan House -- History.
	Charleston Orphan House.
	History.
	Orphanages -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	Orphanages.
	South Carolina -- Charleston.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Murray, John E., 1959- Charleston Orphan House. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013 0226924092 (DLC) 2012019387 (OCoLC)783150297
ISBN	9780226924106 (electronic book)
	0226924106 (electronic book)
	9781299276666
	1299276660
	0226924092
	9780226924090

Title The Charleston Orphan House : children's lives in the first public orphanage in America / John E. Murray.

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