“陌生人的友好”——从布雷斯建立的纽约儿童救济协会看当时美国社会文化中的和谐因素

"The kindness of Strangers"——The Harmony Elements of American Society and Culture on the Research of New York Children's Aids Society Brace Founded Huang Minghua

19世纪中叶,不少美国儿童是被政府忽视、被福利院利用、被家庭抛弃的弱势群体,处于陌生的社会环境中。1853年,在查尔斯.劳伦.布雷斯的建议和领导下,"纽约儿童救济协会"成立。它以"家庭关爱"为宗旨,以"孤儿火车"为手段,为纽约流浪儿童送去"陌生人的友好"。本文试图从"纽约儿童救济协会"产生的社会背景、倡导者的个人价值观以及社会不同群体对待这一儿童福利措施的不同态度等方面,分析美国近代社会文化中存在的和谐因素。撰写本文,有利于加深对美国内战前后社会各方面的了解,再次引起人们对儿童福利的重视。

In the middle of the 19^(th) century,a great many American children,ignored by the government,used by the asylum and disposed by the family,were in the disadvantage conditions,facing a strange society.Under the help of Charles Lorings Brace,New York Children s Aid Society was founded in the year of 1853.With the tenet of "Family-Care",by the means of "Orphan Trains",the Children s Aid Society treated waifs and orphans in New York City with the kindness of strangers.This thesis paper made the analysis of har...