'Empire's children [electronic resource] : child emigration, welfare, and the decline of the British world' 1869-1967 / Ellen Boucher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boucher, Ellen, 1978-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Child welfare > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Unaccompanied immigrant children > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Group identity > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Empire's Children: Child Emigration, Welfare, and the Decline of the British World, 1869–1967
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Poverty and possibility in the era of Greater Britain
  • Developing Empire, building children
  • Upholding the banner of white Australia
  • "Defective" boys and "problem" girls: selection standards in 1930s Australia and Southern Rhodesia
  • From imperial child welfare to national childhoods
  • Growing up in the twilight of Empire
  • Conclusion: the problem of post-imperial belonging.