Like our very own : adoption and the changing culture of motherhood, 1851-1950 /
"Berebitsky reveals that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the rules governing adoption were much less rigid and adoptive parents and families were surprisingly diverse. In Like Our Very Own, she chronicles the experiences of adoptive parents and children during a century of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kan. :
University Press of Kansas,
[2000]
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| Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Fear, fulfillment, and defining "family": becoming an adoptive parent, the early years
- Rescue a child and save the nation: the social construction of adoption in the Delineator, 1907-1911
- Redefining "real" motherhood: representation of adoptive mothers, 1900-1950
- "Mother-women" or "man-haters"? The rise and fall of single adoptive mothers
- "The best" or "good enough"? Child-placing professionals, adaptive parents, and definitions of family, 1920-1950.
