Full Description
Originally published in 1930, the main focus of this book is the study of the man and the homes for children which he founded but against a backdrop of the unparalleled era of social reform, in which children were finally recognized as social assets of incalculable worth. Barnardo's work is therefore not treated as an isolated phenomenon. It is analysed for its profound significance as a pioneer movement in child-welfare and its legacy is visible as much in the 21st century as in the 19th. Where Wilberforce liberated enslaved people, and Shaftesbury the industrial worker, so Barnardo immeasurably helped thousands of homeless children.
Contents
Part 1: Shaftesbury: His Ideals and Aspirations 1. Birth and Early Youth 2. Further Preparation and Youthful Aspirations 3. His Religious Creed 4. Shaftesbury's Political Axioms 5. Shaftesbury's Place in the Thought of His Day 6. A Life Sacrifice for the Disinherited Part 2: Shaftesbury: A life-Crusade and the Fruit It Bore 7. On the Eve of Shaftesbury's Labours 8. The Treatment of Lunatics 9. The Lodging-House Scandal 10. Health, Sanitation and Recreation 11. The Problem of Popular Education 12. The Ragged Schools and the Nation's Outcast 13. The Ten Hours Bill - First Round of the Struggle 14. The Great Fight and Apparent Victory 15. A Legal Quibble (The Ten Hours Bill) 16. Division Among Friends 17. A Bill of Emancipation 14. Other Industrial Victories 20. Shaftesbury and the Opium Traffic 21. The Liquor Traffic 22. Shaftesbury, the Master Figure of Social Reform.
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