Everybody else : adoption and the politics of domestic diversity in postwar America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Potter, Sarah
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Adoption > United States > 20th century. Adoptive parents > United States > 20th century. Families > United States > 20th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The difference of adoption : domestic diversity and adoption practice in the postwar period
Embracing domesticity : the great depression, the great migration, and World War II
Defining domesticity : family ideals in everyday life
Providing anxiety and optimism : domestic masculinity
Nurturing frustration and entitlement : domestic femininity
Constructing domesticity : family ideals and residential space in postwar chicago
To take some responsibility for community problems : domesticity and good
Citizenship
Conclusion : the postwar family and American politics.