Some early economic threads in the history of children's homes

Parker, Roy (2017) Some early economic threads in the history of children's homes. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 16 (3). ISSN 1478-1840

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Abstract

The way in which children's homes have been funded has had a considerable bearing on their development. This is the principal 'thread' that will be traced in what follows, although a few diversions will be made to related economic issues. Our 'principal thread' is well illustrated in the early history of the reformatories and industrial schools; so, we begin with that.

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https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00084769