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Little strangers : portrayals of adoption and foster care in America, 1850-1929 /

When Massachusetts passed America's first comprehensive adoption law in 1851, the usual motive for taking in an unrelated child was presumed to be the need for cheap labor. But by 1929 - the first year that every state had an adoption law - the adoptee's main function was seen as emotional...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Claudia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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