Re: History of child advocacy

[Laura Frame <claydog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a handful of references that may be useful with respect to the
history of child advocacy, nineteenth century.

Laura Frame
University of California, Berkeley

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Abbott, G. (1938).  The child and the state.  Volume I: Legal status in the
family; apprenticeship and child labor.  Selected documents, with
introductory notes.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 

Barnett, D., Manly, J.T., & Cicchetti, D. (1993).  Defining child
maltreatment: The interface between policy and research . In  D. Cicchetti &
S. Toth (Eds.)  Child abuse, child development, and social policy.  Norwood,
NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 7-74.

Bremner, R. (1971).  Children and youth in America: A documentary history.
Volume II: 1866-1932.  Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. 

Costin, L.B., Karger, H.J., & Stoesz, D.  (1996).  The politics of child
abuse in America.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Davidson, C.  (1994).   Dependent children and their families:  A historical
survey of United States policies. In  Jacobs, F.H. & Davies, M.W. (Eds).
More than kissing babies? Current child and family policy in the United
States. Westport, Conn: Auburn House. 

Giovannoni, J. & Becerra, R. (1979).  Defining child abuse.  New York: The
Free Press.

Gordon, L. (1988).  Heroes of their own lives: The politics and history of
family violence: Boston, 1880-1960.  New York: Viking.

Nelson, B.J. (1984). Making an issue of child abuse: Political agenda
setting for social problems. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Tiffin, S. (1982). In whose best interest?  Child welfare reform in the
Progressive Era.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Trattner, W. (1989).  From poor law to welfare state: A history of social
welfare in America.  New York: The Free Press.

Zelizer, V.A. (1985).  Pricing the priceless child: The changing social
value of children.  New York: Basic Books.

At 09:15 PM 9/14/99 EDT, you wrote:
>I am researching the history of the child advocacy movement in the late 
>1800's, with such cases as Mary Ellen in NY and the development of the ASPCC 
>and other organized movements/agencies.  Does anyone know of some 
>texts/chapters or good journal references in this area?
>
>Vincent Palusci, MD
>Michigan State University
>DeVos Children's Hospital
>



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