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Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
Little Strangers Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America 18501929
Author: Claudia Nelson
When Massachusetts passed America’s first comprehensive adoption law in 1851, the usual motive for taking in an unrelated child was presumed to be the need for cheap labor. But by 1929—the first year that every state had an adoption law—the adoptee’s main function was seen as emotional. Little Strangers examines the represent...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780253342249
ISBN-10: 0253342244
Publication Date: 4/2003
Pages: 212
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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