Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. "A Little Waif of London, Rescued from the Streets ": Melodrama and Popular Representations of Poor Children 12
7. 2. From Barrack Schools to Family Cottages: Creating Domestic Space and Civic Identity for Poor Children 43
8. 3. The Parents of "Nobody's Children": Family Backgrounds and the Causes of Poverty 67
9. 4. "That Most Delicate of All Questions in an Englishman's Mind": The Rights of Parents and Their Continued Contact with Institutionalized Children 92
10. 5. Training "Street Arabs" into British Citizens: Making Artisans and Members of Empire 120
11. 6. "Their Charge and Ours": Changing Notions of Child Welfare and Citizenship 142
12. Conclusion 162
13. NOTES 167
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 227
15. INDEX 243
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 253