Nelson, Claudia. <br/><br/>
Little strangers  portrayals of adoption and foster care in America, 1850-1929 /  [electronic resource] : 
Claudia Nelson. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  c2003. 
 - xii 224 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adoption--History.--United States<br/>Orphans--History.--United States<br/>Adoption in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV875.55  / .N449 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.73/4/0973