Familial care of idiot children in Victorian England

The Locus of Care: Families, Communities, Institutions, and the Provision of Welfare Since Antiquity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 176-197

  Wright, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203428047     Document Type: Chapter

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