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Raising the world : child welfare in the American century /
Concerns the post World War II practice of US citizens' "adoption" of a foreign orphan (or child from a poor family) and sending aid and letters to that individual child. Also studies the NGOs that facilitated this practice. Argues that this practice was guided by the most up-to-date...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Concerns the post World War II practice of US citizens' "adoption" of a foreign orphan (or child from a poor family) and sending aid and letters to that individual child. Also studies the NGOs that facilitated this practice. Argues that this practice was guided by the most up-to-date contemporary theories of childhood and psychological development, and was also thought to turn the assisted children into good anti-communists |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 316 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-302) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674425507 0674425502 0674425529 9780674425521 |