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Empire's children : child emigration, welfare, and the decline of the British world, 1869-1967 /

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A definitive history of child emigration across the British Empire from the 1860s to its decline in the 1960s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boucher, Ellen, 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Child welfare > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Unaccompanied immigrant children > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Group identity > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Description
Summary:A definitive history of child emigration across the British Empire from the 1860s to its decline in the 1960s.
Physical Description:xi, 292 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-286) and index.
ISBN:9781107041387 (hardback : alk. paper)
1107041384 (hardback : alk. paper)