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Title:

Children and youth in adoption, orphanages, and foster care : a historical handbook and guide / edited by Lori Askeland.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvii, 222 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Adoption--United States--History.
Adoption--United States--History--Sources.
Orphanages--United States--History.
Orphanages--United States--History--Sources.
Foster children--United States--History.
Foster children--United States--History--Sources.
Child welfare--United States--History.
Child welfare--United States--History--Sources.

Other Authors:

Askeland, Lori.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Pt. 1. Essays. Informal adoption, apprentices, and indentured children in the colonial era and the new republic, 1605-1850 / Lori Askeland. Adoption reform, orphan trains, and child-saving, 1851-1929 / Marilyn Irvin Holt. Science, social work, and bureaucracy : cautious developments in adoption and foster care, 1930-1969 / Dianne Creagh. Civil rights, adoption rights : domestic adoption and foster care, 1970 to the present / Martha Satz and Lori Askeland. International adoption / Elizabeth Bartholet. The orphan in American children's literature / Claudia Nelson -- Pt. 2. Documents. Multicultural forms of adoption and foster care before 1850. "Orphan trains," child-saving, and the modernization of adoption law, 1851-1929. Science and secrecy : adoption, orphanages, and foster care, 1930-1969. Contemporary issues in domestic adoption, 1970 to the present. International adoption law. Orphans in literature for American children -- Pt. 3. Bibliography. General adoption and child welfare history references and online resources. Orphans, orphanages, and orphan stories : early forms of adoption and fostering in multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. Secrecy and adoption : infertility, illegitimacy, parental "fitness" standards, and the move to openness in the twentieth century. Crossing boundaries : issues and controversies in contemporary foster care and adoption.

Series:

Children and youth

ISBN:

9780313331831 (alk. paper)
0313331839 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005022189

Locations:

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

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

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

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)