The Locus of Care

The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing who carers were in the past, where care was provided, and how far the boundary between family and state or informal and organised institutions have changed over time.

Informationen zum Autor Peregrine Horden, Richard Smith Klappentext "The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing issues of mental health, elderly and child care from antiquity to the present. The contributors reassess community and institutional care and the future expectations of welfare provisions. Zusammenfassung The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing who carers were in the past, where care was provided, and how far the boundary between family and state or informal and organised institutions have changed over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Peregrine Horden, Richard Smith; Part 1 Informal Care: From Ethnography to Ancient History, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 1 Household Care and Informal Networks, Peregrine Horden; Part 2 Networks and Institutions in Western Europe c. 1500c. 1800, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 2 Networks of Care in Elizabethan English Towns, Marjorie K. McIntosh; Chapter 3 Family Obligations and Inequalities in Access to Care in Northern Italy, Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries, Sandra Cavallo; Chapter 4 Self-Help and Reciprocity in Parish Assistance, Martin Dinges; Chapter 5 Community Sponsorship and the Hospital Patient in Late Eighteenth-Century England, Amanda Berry; Part 3 Beyond the Asylum Mental Health in Britain c. 17001939, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 6 The Household and the Care of Lunatics in Eighteenth-Century London, Akihito Suzuki; Chapter 7 Familial Care of 'Idiot' Children in Victorian England, David Wright; Chapter 8 Community Care and the Control of Mental Defectives in Inter-War Britain, Mathew Thomson; Part 4 Children and the Elderly in the Twentieth Century, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 9 Safeguarding the Health of the Community, Lara Marks; Chapter 10 Communities, 'Caring', and Institutions, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 11 Demographic Conditions, Microsimulation, and Family Support for the Elderly, Zhongwei Zhao;...

Autorentext
Peregrine Horden, Richard Smith

Klappentext

"The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing issues of mental health, elderly and child care from antiquity to the present. The contributors reassess community and institutional care and the future expectations of welfare provisions.

Inhalt
Introduction, Peregrine Horden, Richard Smith; Part 1 Informal Care: From Ethnography to Ancient History, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 1 Household Care and Informal Networks, Peregrine Horden; Part 2 Networks and Institutions in Western Europe c. 1500c. 1800, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 2 Networks of Care in Elizabethan English Towns, Marjorie K. McIntosh; Chapter 3 Family Obligations and Inequalities in Access to Care in Northern Italy, Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries, Sandra Cavallo; Chapter 4 Self-Help and Reciprocity in Parish Assistance, Martin Dinges; Chapter 5 Community Sponsorship and the Hospital Patient in Late Eighteenth-Century England, Amanda Berry; Part 3 Beyond the Asylum Mental Health in Britain c. 17001939, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 6 The Household and the Care of Lunatics in Eighteenth-Century London, Akihito Suzuki; Chapter 7 Familial Care of 'Idiot' Children in Victorian England, David Wright; Chapter 8 Community Care and the Control of Mental Defectives in Inter-War Britain, Mathew Thomson; Part 4 Children and the Elderly in the Twentieth Century, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 9 Safeguarding the Health of the Community, Lara Marks; Chapter 10 Communities, 'Caring', and Institutions, Sandra Burman, Patricia van der Spuy; Chapter 11 Demographic Conditions, Microsimulation, and Family Support for the Elderly, Zhongwei Zhao;