A Home for Every Child : The Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hart, Patricia Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, 2010.
Series:Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Washington Children's Home Society.
Adoption > United States > History.
Adoption > Washington (State) > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest
  • Seeking alternatives to institutional care
  • Child relinquishment : the last best hope
  • Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS
  • Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood
  • Biology, botany, and belonging
  • Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return
  • Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.

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