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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781224403321

Autore

Hart Patricia Susan

Titolo

A home for every child [[electronic resource] ] : the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / / Patricia Susan Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c2010

ISBN

0-295-80203-0

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 285 p. : ill., map

Collana

Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; ; 17

Disciplina

362.73409797

Soggetti

Adoption - Washington (State) - History

Adoption - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest -- Seeking alternatives to institutional care -- Child relinquishment : the last best hope -- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS -- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood -- Biology, botany, and belonging -- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return -- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.