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Author Chmidling, Catherine

Title History of the Kansas Orphans' Home, 1887-1962 : the Professionalization of Charity
Published Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
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
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
Notes English
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Subject Kansas Orphans' Home -- History
SUBJECT Kansas Orphans' Home fast
Subject Orphanages -- Kansas -- History
Orphans -- Kansas -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Orphanages
Orphans
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Social Welfare & Social Work - General.
Kansas
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773419124
0773419128