Forgotten Families

Author : Jody Heymann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0198035551

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In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over a thousand in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, Forgotten Families is the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing countries alike, touching on issues of child health and development, barriers to parents getting and keeping jobs, problems families confront daily and in times of crisis, and the roles of growing inequalities. Rich in individual stories and deeply human, Heymann's book proposes innovative and imaginative ideas for solving the problems of the truly belabored together as a global community.

Author : Beryl Matthews
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018832

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The Forgotten Family by Beryl Matthews Pdf

Whitechapel, London 1890. Queenie Bonner is only two when she is taken from her large family in the slums to a big house in the country. She is frightened and confused, begging to be taken back, but is told that this is now her home. She yearns for her nine brothers and sisters, especially Harry, who is her favourite. Albert and Mary Warrender rename her Eleanor and bring her up as their daughter. As time passes Eleanor forgets about her other family and loves Mary and Albert as her mother and father. But fifteen years later, when Mary dies, Albert tells her about the Bonners. With Albert's help, she sets about tracing her forgotten family. The search holds pleasure, distress and even danger as she discovers what has happened to her siblings over the years.

Author : Associate Professor of Society Human Development and Health at Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Social Medicine Jody Heymann,Jody Heymann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195156591

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Forgotten Families by Associate Professor of Society Human Development and Health at Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Social Medicine Jody Heymann,Jody Heymann Pdf

When the mountain won't come to Muhammad, sometimes the mountain must be dynamited, carted off and dropped upon him. Heymann, the founder and director of the Project on Global Working Families, worked for a decade with her research team to drop such a mountain of information on governments and global organizations in order to inspire them to enact economic reforms. Exhaustive in scope, meticulous in detail, her book is a damning indictment of what has gone wrong during "the race to the bottom" between developing countries amid globalizing markets. The book is peppered with heartbreaking stories gleaned from surveys of more than 55,000 families, depicting a worldwide squalor in which children, if they survive infancy, are usually doomed to re-enact their parents' lives at the sweatshop. The portrait is bleak, but Heymann is an optimist. Her solutions, though idealistic, are reasonable: paid maternity leave, improved before- and after-school programs for children, etc. Most readers would have found a magazine article more persuasive, as Heymann's book is burdened with statistics. But in the breadth of its research, this volume will become a valuable primary source for policy makers.

Author : James T. Jones
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 9781550223750

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Use My Name by James T. Jones Pdf

A unique biography of Jack Kerouac, which gives a greater understanding of the 'King of the Beats' by exploring the lives of the five people who knew him best: his daughter (Jan Kerouac), wives (Edie Parker, Joan Haverty, Stella Sampas) and nephew (Paul Blake, Jr). Not one of these people seem to have benefited from the connection, as the late Jan Kerouac amply demonstrates in her interview with the author. She discusses at length her 15 months as a prostitute, her own marital problems, her hospitalization, and her life as a writer, including a wild book tour for Baby Driver.

Author : Robert Tiller
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781644719992

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Forgotten Faces: Family Caregiver Voices by Robert Tiller Pdf

Forgotten Faces: Family Caregiver Voices takes readers directly into the homelives of actual caregivers to cognitively impaired family members. This captivating nonfiction narrative rotates through the entire caregiving journeys of "Fred," "Janice," "Alice," and "Yvonne," whose wife, second husband, mother, and grandfather were diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia. Dr. Tiller's personal and professional commentary compliments their earnest firsthand accounts to provide solace for prior caregivers, empowerment for new or future caregivers, and startling insights for their families, friends, neighbors, employers, or policymakers. A portion of Forgotten Faces: Family Caregiver Voices proceeds will be directed to assist caregiver support groups. "Forgotten Faces: Family Caregiver Voices captures the very essence of the limits placed on caregivers and offers an extraordinary view into their world." -KATHLEEN M. WINTERS, MS, LN - Executive Director, Alzheimer's Family Organization "Forgotten Faces is a compassionate look at an imminent problem that will touch most Americans' lives in the next two decades. This book is one you will want to keep as you plan to take care of someone dealing with cognitive impairment or even plan your own care." -ANAND KUMAR, PhD "There is a bonus in this book. Tiller explains the necessary legal documents that must be prepared and signed before the onset of this dementia. His segments on financial planning and the need for long-term care insurance are invaluable." -GREGORY G. GAY, P.A. - Certified Elder Law Attorney

Author : Genevieve Graham
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982128951

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The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham Pdf

The Home for Unwanted Girls meets Orphan Train in this unforgettable novel about a young girl caught in a scheme to rid England’s streets of destitute children, and the lengths she will go to find her way home—based on the true story of the British Home Children. 2018 At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn’t have much time left, and it is almost a relief to realize that once she is gone, the truth about her shameful past will die with her. But when her great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her dear late husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can’t lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago... 1936 Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real home. After running away from an abusive stepfather, she falls in with Mary, Jack, and their ragtag group of friends roaming the streets of Liverpool. When the children are caught stealing food, Winny and Mary are left in Dr. Barnardo’s Barkingside Home for Girls, a local home for orphans and forgotten children found in the city’s slums. At Barkingside, Winny learns she will soon join other boys and girls in a faraway place called Canada, where families and better lives await them. But Winny’s hopes are dashed when she is separated from her friends and sent to live with a family that has no use for another daughter. Instead, they have paid for an indentured servant to work on their farm. Faced with this harsh new reality, Winny clings to the belief that she will someday find her friends again. Inspired by true events, The Forgotten Home Child is a moving and heartbreaking novel about place, belonging, and family—the one we make for ourselves and its enduring power to draw us home.

Author : Robert Collyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : England
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081220766

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Ilkley: Ancient & Modern by Robert Collyer Pdf

Author : Hera Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : 1695752112

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The Forgotten Family by Hera Walker Pdf

Author : Sherry Wilde
Publisher : Ozark Mountain Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781886940482

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The Forgotten Promise: Rejoining Our Cosmic Family by Sherry Wilde Pdf

A story of lifelong interaction with beings from another world.

Author : Graham Brotherton,Mark Cronin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136285646

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Working with Vulnerable Children, Young People and Families by Graham Brotherton,Mark Cronin Pdf

The potential for early intervention to prevent social problems later in life has become the focus of much debate in recent years and finds itself at the centre of contemporary social policy. The meaning of ‘vulnerability’ – one of the key concepts in this drive – is examined in this book, as well as the relationship between vulnerability and the individual, communities and society. This book introduces students to a broad debate around what constitutes vulnerability and related concepts such as risk and resilience, and examines how vulnerability has been conceptualised by policy makers with a clear focus on early intervention. Adopting a case study approach, it opens with chapters examining the concept of vulnerability from sociological, psychological and social policy perspectives before looking at examples around disability, homelessness, leaving care, victims of violence, sexual abuse, prison, the Internet and drug use. Supporting students in engaging with and evaluating the conceptualisation and application of vulnerability in professional practice, this book is suitable for anyone either preparing for or currently working within the children’s workforce, from social work and health care to education and youth work.

Author : Rene Moelker,Manon Andres,Gary Bowen,Philippe Manigart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135952051

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Military Families and War in the 21st Century by Rene Moelker,Manon Andres,Gary Bowen,Philippe Manigart Pdf

This book focuses on the key issues that affect military families when soldiers are deployed overseas, focusing on the support given to military personnel and families before, during and after missions. Today’s postmodern armies are expected to provide social-psychological support both to their personnel in military operations abroad and to their families at home. Since the end of the Cold War and even more so after 9/11, separations between military personnel and their families have become more frequent as there has been a multitude of missions carried out by multinational task forces all over the world. The book focuses on three central questions affecting military families. First, how do changing missions and tasks of the military affect soldiers and families? Second, what is the effect of deployments on the ones left behind? Third, what is the national structure of family support systems and its evolution? The book employs a multidisciplinary approach, with contributions from psychology, sociology, history, anthropology and others. In addition, it covers all the services, Army, Navy/Marines, Air Force, spanning a wide range of countries, including UK, USA, Belgium, Turkey, Australia and Japan. At the same time it takes a multitude of perspectives such as the theoretical, empirical, reflective, life events (narrative) approach, national and the global, and uses approaches from different disciplines and perspectives, combining them to produce a volume that enhances our knowledge and understanding of military families. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, sociology, war and conflict studies and IR/political science in general.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555008850

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The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susanne E. Hayter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : England
ISBN : 9781446680940

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My Maylard Family The Genealogical History of an Ordinary Family by Susanne E. Hayter Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010667280

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The American Catholic Quarterly Review ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marcy Bursac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1098335376

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The Forgotten Adoption Option by Marcy Bursac Pdf

120,000 U.S. children who are ready to be adopted are hoping you'll pick up this book. Have you ever thought you'd adopt a child(ren), but finding out it costs thousands of dollars kicked that idea to the curb? Most people believe that all children in foster care return to their biological families. Many do not know that 50% of children in foster care need an adoptive family and that adopting children through foster care costs $0 - $2,500. Countless times friends and friends of friends have reached out asking about foster care adoption and how we adopted our children through foster care. My intent is to help you evaluate your own heart and simplify the process of foster care adoption so you can help a child who is hoping you will find them. While I cannot promise you that the process will be easy, I can tell you that going down this path has been completely worth it for my family.