Abandoned Children
Contributors: Catherine Panter-Brick (Editor); Malcolm T. Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521772761
Subjects: Child welfare; Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; Care; Adoption And Adoption Services; Services For Youth; Sociology; Archaeology / Anthropology; History; Foundlings; Abuse - General; Anthropology - General; Abandoned children--History; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Work; Street children; General; Abandoned children
First sentence: To a casual observer, children who languish in foundling institutions, sleep rough on the streets of crowded urban centres or find themselves confined to refugee camps appear to all intents and purposes abandoned, either by their parents or by society.