| The Guardianship of Best Interests: Institutional Care for the Children of the Poor in Halifax, 1850-1960 Subjects: Poor children -- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies; Poor children -- Institutional care -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies; Urban poor -- Institutional care -- Nova Sc; A history of charitable children's homes and emergent state-centred child welfare policy in Nova Scotia Lafferty Renée : Renée Lafferty teaches in the Centre for Canadian Studies and the Department of History at Brock University.Renée N. Lafferty teaches in the Centre for Canadian Studies and the Department of History at Brock University. |