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OverviewA rich and fascinating study of education, social reform, and women's history, Daughters of the State explores the lives of young girls who came to the State Industrial School for Girls in Lancaster, Massachusetts during its first fifty years.Brenzel skillfully integrates the complex lines of nineteenth-century social thought and policies formed around issues of work, sex roles, schooling, and sexuality that have carried through to this century. In the school's handwritten case histories and legislative reports, she uncovers institutional mores and biases toward the young and the poor and especially toward women. Brenzel also reveals the plight of the parents who were forced by their circumstances to condemn their children to such institutions in the hope of improving their futures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Barbara BrenzelPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780262521048ISBN 10: 0262521040 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 21 October 1985 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsDaughters of the State makes good use of quantitative evidence without losing sight of the individuals who lived at Lancaster. Case histories poignantly describe the desperate existences of families ground down by poverty, who could neither provide for nor govern their children... a valuable addition to the history of social welfare in the United States. Journal of Social History Daughters of the State makes good use of quantitative evidence without losing sight of the individuals who lived at Lancaster. Case histories poignantly describe the desperate existences of families ground down by poverty, who could neither provide for nor govern their children ... a valuable addition to the history of social welfare in the United States. - Journal of Social History Author InformationBarbara Brenzel is Assistant Professor of Education and Department Chair at Wellesley College. Daughters of the State is an MIT-Harvard joint Center for Urban Studies Book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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