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Geographies of Risk: An Exploration of City Childhoods in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
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Grosvenor, Ian – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2009
In recent years geographical concepts and the geography lexicon have been used in different disciplines to explore the diffusion and circulation of ideas and it is increasingly commonplace for academics to speak of a "geography of knowledge". Little systematic work has been undertaken by historians of education using spatialised…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Children, Foster Care, At Risk Persons
Philanthropic Networks for Children at Risk in Nineteenth-Century Europe
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Dekker, Jeroen J. H. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2007
In the first half of nineteenth-century Europe, the founding fathers of the philanthropic network developed a specific network for the care of children at risk. This network eventually resulted in institutionalized solutions for the care of these children. In this article, three topics are looked at: the meaning of the general concept of networks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, At Risk Persons, Private Financial Support