Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide
Product DescriptionAdoption and foster care is a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary research. Too often, however, birth parents, adoptive parents and foster parents, social workers, and the children themselves have been either ignored or demonized. This authoritative and accessible work is the first comprehensive introductory resource that gives a fuller portrait of the many individuals and groups that have contributed to the perceptions of what children are i. . . More >>
Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide
Lori Aqskeland edits Children And Youth In Adoption, Orphanages And Foster Care: A Historical Handbook And Guide an outstanding and unusual survey providing the first comprehensive introductory resource on individuals and groups which have contributed to ideas of what children need temporary care. Three sections of original essays survey the practice of adoption, foster care and orphanages from colonial to modern times, using primary documents by adults and children alike to round out the historical review. A `must’ for any involved in children’s social work, and for college-level specialty holdings.
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