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Little strangers : portrayals of adoption and foster care in America, 1850-1929 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Claudia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Adoption in literature.
Orphans > United States > History.
Adoption > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The 1850s and their echoes : two case studies
  • Money talks : the displaced child, 1860-1885
  • Melodrama and the displaced child, 1886-1906
  • Metaphor and the displaced child, 1886-1906
  • Adoption and women, 1907-1918
  • Adoption up to date : the rhetoric of mass individuality, 1919-1929.