The orphan trains : placing out in America /
A study of the system known as "placing out," which was practiced in America between 1853 and 1929, in which children, and in some cases women and entire families, were relocated from crowded urban areas and placed in homes in the west, traveling on orphan trains to their new lives.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Holt, Marilyn Irvin, 1949- |
Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©1992.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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