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A home for every child : the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / Patricia Susan Hart.
Van Pelt Library HV875.56.W2 H37 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hart, Patricia Susan.
- Series:
- Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 7.
- Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington Children's Home Society.
- Adoption--Washington (State)--History.
- Adoption.
- Adoption--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- Washington (State).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 285 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest
- Seeking alternatives to institutional care
- Child relinquishment : the last best hope
- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS
- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood
- Biology, botany, and belonging
- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return
- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780295990644
- 0295990643
- OCLC:
- 611966241
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