2022
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.22188
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“All emigrants are up to the physical, mental, and moral standards required”: A tale of two child rescue schemes

Abstract: The current paper critically assesses and reflects on the ideals and realities of two major (British) child migration schemes, namely the British Home Child scheme (1869–1930) and the Kindertransport scheme (1938–1940), to add to current understandings of their place within wider international histories of child migration, moral reforms, eugenics, settlement, and identity. Specifically, we focus on constructions of “mentally and physically deficient” children/young people, informed by eugenic viewpoints and bi… Show more

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