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Little strangers [electronic resource] : portrayals of adoption and foster care in America, 1850-1929 / Claudia Nelson.

By: Nelson, Claudia.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2003Description: xii 224 p.Subject(s): Adoption -- United States -- History | Orphans -- United States -- History | Adoption in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.73/4/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The 1850s and their echoes : two case studies -- Money talks : the displaced child, 1860-1885 -- Melodrama and the displaced child, 1886-1906 -- Metaphor and the displaced child, 1886-1906 -- Adoption and women, 1907-1918 -- Adoption up to date : the rhetoric of mass individuality, 1919-1929.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 1850s and their echoes : two case studies -- Money talks : the displaced child, 1860-1885 -- Melodrama and the displaced child, 1886-1906 -- Metaphor and the displaced child, 1886-1906 -- Adoption and women, 1907-1918 -- Adoption up to date : the rhetoric of mass individuality, 1919-1929.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.