Boston's Wayward Children: Social Services for Homeless Children 1830-1930

by Peter C. Holloran

Holloran, Peter C.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1989

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A thorough accounting of Boston orphanages and child placement agencies in the 19th century, this book is full of facts and figures to delight any statistician. The effort is weakened, however, by Holloran's evident disdain of the orphanage system and the beliefs of those who operated them.

[Fatima]

TCS 1999.Bostonians were determined to regain their prestige and power in some sector of the new national life.