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Home for Every Child
Patricia Susan Hart
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Paperback. Adoption has been a politically charged subject since the Progressive Era, when it first became an established part of child welfare reform over one hundred years ago and in A Home for Every Child, Patricia Susan Hart looks at how, when and why modern adoption practices became a part of child welfare policy. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Adoption has been a politically charged subject since the Progressive Era, when it first became an established part of child welfare reform. In A Home for Every Child, Patricia Susan Hart looks at how, when, and why modern adoption practices became a part of child welfare policy.
The Washington Children’s Home Society (now the Children’s Home Society of Washington) was founded in 1896 to place children into adoptive and foster homes as a means of dealing with child abuse, neglect, and homelessness. Hart reveals why birth parents relinquished their children to the Society, how adoptive parents embraced these vulnerable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Series
Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295990644
SKU
V9780295990644
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About Patricia Susan Hart
Patricia Susan Hart is associate professor of journalism and American studies at the University of Idaho.
Reviews for Home for Every Child
"A smooth and informative narrative on the history of this pioneering Pacific northwest home placement society and a balanced treatment of its achievements and limitations."
Xi Chen
Pacific Northwest Quarterly
"A lucid and engaging history . . . an essential contribution to the literature on child dependency, foster care, and adoption. Hart . . . made it ... Read more
Xi Chen
Pacific Northwest Quarterly
"A lucid and engaging history . . . an essential contribution to the literature on child dependency, foster care, and adoption. Hart . . . made it ... Read more