History of the Kansas Orphans' Home, 1887-1962 : the Professionalization of Charity.

By:

Chmidling, Catherine

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (316 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773419124
0773419128

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

362.73/2 362.732

LOC classification:

HV990.K2 C46 2010

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Contents:

Introduction -- Period One, 1887-1907 : Sanctuary from the present ; preparation for the future -- Period Two, 1907-1930 : The price of care -- Period Three, 1931-1938 : Streamlining -- Period Four, 1939-1962 : Rise of the professionals -- Conclusion.

Summary: This case study combines James C. Scott?s theory of high-modern social engineering with economic and evolutionary theories of altruism and reciprocal altruism to analyze and interpret the text and quantitative data in reports spanning 1887 through 1963 from the Kansas Orphans? Home.

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This case study combines James C. Scott?s theory of high-modern social engineering with economic and evolutionary theories of altruism and reciprocal altruism to analyze and interpret the text and quantitative data in reports spanning 1887 through 1963 from the Kansas Orphans? Home.