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Author:

Bartholet, Elizabeth.

Title:

Nobody's children : abuse and neglect, foster drift, and the adoption alternative / Elizabeth Bartholet.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

viii, 304 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Child welfare--Government policy--United States.
Child abuse--United States.
Children--Institutional care--United States.
Foster home care--United States.
Adoption--United States.
Kinship care--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-291) and index.

Contents:

The inherited tradition: parenting rights and state wrongs -- The politics -- Modern-day orphans -- Underintervention vs. overintervention -- Traditional programs weather the storm -- "New" programs promote traditional ideas -- Intervening early with home visitation -- Taking adoption seriously -- Substance abuse -- Race, poverty, and historic injustice.

ISBN:

9780807023181 (cl : acid-free paper)
0807023183 (cl : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41039845

LCCN:

99022976

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)