Civilizing the child : discources [i.e. discourses] of race, nation, and child welfare in America

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Civilizing the child : discources [i.e. discourses] of race, nation, and child welfare in America

Katharine S. Bullard

Lexington Books, c2014

  • : cloth

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Civilizing the child : discourses of race, nation, and child welfare in America

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Bibliography: p. 135-145

Includes index

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In Civilizing the Child: Discourses of Race, Nation, and Child Welfare in America, Katherine S. Bullard analyzes the discourse of child welfare advocates who argued for the notion of a racialized ideal child. This ideal child, limited to white, often native-born children, was at the center of arguments for material support to children and education for their parents. This book illuminates important limitations in the Progressive approach to social welfare and helps to explain the current dearth of support for poor children. Civilizing the Child tracks the growing social concern with children in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. The author uses seminal figures and institutions to look at the origins of the welfare state. Chapters focus on Charles Loring Brace, Jacob Riis, residents of the Hull House Settlement, and the staff of U.S. Children's Bureau, analyzing their work to unpack the assumptions about American identity that made certain children belong and others remain outsiders. Bullard traces the ways in which child welfare advocates used racialized language and emphasized the "civilizing mission" to argue for support of white native-born children. This language focused on the future citizenship of some children as an argument for their support and protection.

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Introduction Chapter One. Settling the Waifs: Charles Loring Brace, the Children's Aid Society and Christian Expansion Chapter Two. Jacob Riis, Slum Tourism and Citizenship Chapter Three. Immigrant Neighborhoods, Settlement Houses and the Civilizing Mission Chapter Four. The Rights of American Children: Social Science, Citizenship and the Children's Bureau Epilogue

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