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The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them.

But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall?

This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.</div>]]> 395742 1 385242 15 2 1995 A Home of Another Kind: One Chicago Orphanage and the Tangle of Child Welfare total:1|4:1| 1 4 5 0 224623 4.67 3 0 81806921 3050680 395742 0226110842 9780226110844 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447m/395742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447s/395742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395742.A_Home_of_Another_Kind_One_Chicago_Orphanage_and_the_Tangle_of_Child_Welfare 4.00 1
The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them.

But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall?

This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.</div>]]> 1995 0 0 false Tue Dec 22 17:34:57 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 17:34:57 -0800 2009 18049315 710529 395742 0226110842 9780226110844 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447m/395742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447s/395742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395742.A_Home_of_Another_Kind_One_Chicago_Orphanage_and_the_Tangle_of_Child_Welfare 4.00 1
The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them.

But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall?

This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.</div>]]> 1995 0 0 false Tue Mar 18 17:08:08 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 17:08:08 -0700 2008 13198896 817204 395742 0226110842 9780226110844 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447m/395742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447s/395742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395742.A_Home_of_Another_Kind_One_Chicago_Orphanage_and_the_Tangle_of_Child_Welfare 4.00 1
The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them.

But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall?

This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.</div>]]> 1995 0 0 false Tue Jan 22 15:57:40 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 15:57:40 -0800 2008 8507011 420440 395742 0226110842 9780226110844 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447m/395742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447s/395742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395742.A_Home_of_Another_Kind_One_Chicago_Orphanage_and_the_Tangle_of_Child_Welfare 4.00 1
The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them.

But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall?

This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.</div>]]> 1995 0 0 false Wed Oct 31 22:38:14 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 22:38:21 -0700 2007 1425337 96913 395742 0226110842 9780226110844 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447m/395742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174417447s/395742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395742.A_Home_of_Another_Kind_One_Chicago_Orphanage_and_the_Tangle_of_Child_Welfare 4.00 1
The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them.

But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall?

This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.</div>]]> 1995 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 24 15:30:24 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 19:52:24 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=395742