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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. Little Strangers examines the representations of adoption and foster care produced over the intervening years. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253109809 9780253109804 0253105579 9780253105578 1282072064 9781282072060 9786612072062 6612072067 |