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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fieldston, Sara, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
Child welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Child rearing > United States > History > 20th century.
Éducation des enfants > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > World.
Child rearing.
Child welfare.
Kinderfürsorge
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Ost-West-Konflikt
Internationalisierung
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Tales of love and global power
  • Manufacturing the citizens of the world
  • Reading Dr. Spock in postwar Europe and Japan
  • Building international friendship in an orphan age
  • Raising little cold warriors
  • Forging the free child's armor
  • Training the natives of the future
  • Challenging the global parent
  • Globalizing a happy childhood
  • Epilogue: Raising children, uplifting the world.

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