Raising government children : a history of foster care and the American welfare state
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- ISBN: 9781469635637
- ISBN: 1469635631
- ISBN: 9781469635644
- ISBN: 146963564X
- ISBN: 9781469635651
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 252 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Into the family life of strangers : the origins of foster family care -- The New Deal, family security, and the emergence of a public child welfare system -- Helping America's orphans of war -- Providing love and care : foster parents as parents -- The hard-to-place child : family pathology, race, and poverty -- Compensated motherhood and the state : foster parents as workers -- Poverty, punishment, and public assistance : reorienting foster family care. |
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Subject: | Foster home care United States History 20th century Foster home care Government policy United States Foster parents United States Public welfare United States |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HV 881 .R96 2017 | 30775305537137 | General Collection | Available | - |