{"product_id":"orphans-a-history-9781849049429","title":"Orphans: A History","description":"Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, malevolent, and in need of discipline. \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on historic documents, interviews and memoirs, Jeremy Seabrook charts history's changing and often loose definitions of \"orphans,\" and explores their many \"makers\"--from natural or man-made catastrophes to the State, charity, and other social forces that have separated children, especially the poor, from their close kin.\u003cbr\u003eBut this history is not only one of suffering: \u003cem\u003eOrphans\u003c\/em\u003e also reveals the uncounted millions taken in and loved by relatives, neighbors or strangers. Freed from constraints and driven by insecurity, many orphans--including Nelson Mandela, Marilyn Monroe and Steve Jobs--have led remarkable lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849049429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeremy Seabrook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669750771868,"sku":"9781849049429","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_78515665-50af-41e7-bef8-9dafa2dc1c0f.jpg?v=1603920955","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/orphans-a-history-9781849049429","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}