Raising Government Children : A History of Foster Care and the American Welfare State /

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Tracing the evolution of the modern American foster care system from its inception in the 1930s through the 1970s, Catherine Rymph argues that deeply gendered, domestic ideals, implicit assumptions about the relative value of poor children, and the complex public/private nature of American welfare p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rymph, Catherine E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public welfare.
Foster parents.
Foster home care > Government policy.
Foster home care.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Familles d'accueil > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Public welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Foster parents > United States > History > 20th century.
Foster home care > Government policy > United States.
Foster home care > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Tracing the evolution of the modern American foster care system from its inception in the 1930s through the 1970s, Catherine Rymph argues that deeply gendered, domestic ideals, implicit assumptions about the relative value of poor children, and the complex public/private nature of American welfare provision fuelled the cultural resistance to funding maternal and parental care.
Notas:Previously issued in print: 2017.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (270 pages): illustrations (black and white)
Público:Specialized.
ISBN:9781469635668

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