Fostering on the Farm : Child Placement in the Rural Midwest /

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From 1870 until after World War I, reformers led an effort to place children from orphanages, asylums, and children's homes with farming families. The farmers received free labor in return for providing room and board. Reformers, meanwhile, believed children learned lessons in family life, citi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birk, Megan, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural families.
Foster home care.
Foster children.
Farm life.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Vie à la ferme > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Familles rurales > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Farm life > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Rural families > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Foster home care > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Foster children > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Middle West.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Search for a Home; 1. The Rural Ideal: Constructing a Myth; 2. "Qualify them for the duties of life"; 3. "The hideous consequences"; Illustrations; 4. "The right of the state to interfere is unquestioned"; 5. The Farm, the Federal Government, and the Decline of Placement; Epilogue: "The great drama of childhood"; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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