Children and youth in adoption, orphanages, and foster care : a historical handbook and guide edited by Lori Askeland

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Askeland, Lori.

Series:

Children and youth (Westport, Conn.)

Children and youth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adoption--United States--History.

Adoption.

Adoption--United States--History--Sources.

Orphanages--United States--History.

Orphanages.

Orphanages--United States--History--Sources.

Foster children--United States--History.

Foster children.

Foster children--United States--History--Sources.

Child welfare--United States--History.

Child welfare.

Child welfare--United States--History--Sources.

Genre:

Reference works.

Physical Description:

xvii, 222 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.

Summary:

Adoption and foster care is a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary research; however, it is one where, too often, birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, social workers, and the children themselves have either been ignored or demonized. This authoritative and accessible work is the first comprehensive introductory resource that gives a more complete view of the many individuals and groups, as well as a more thorough understanding of the various social and economic forces that have contributed to the perceptions of what children are in need of care. Also discussed is the role of orphanages, once the primary institution for children without parents as well as a stopgap measure for poor children needing temporary care. Divided into three major sections, original essays review the practice of adoption, orphanage placement and foster care from the colonial period to the present day. Selected primary documents, including materials by children, as well as an in-depth bibliographic section, provide crucial information and insight for high school and college students. Social workers, journalists, and others will also find much value in this historical overview and guide. Contributors include Elizabeth Bartholet, Marilyn Irvin Holt, Martha Satz, and Claudia Nelson.

Contents:

Part 1. Essays. Informal adoption, apprentices, and indentured children in the colonial era and the new republic, 1605-1850 / Lori Askeland

Adoption reform, orphan trains, and child-saving, 1851-1929 / Marilyn Irvin Holt

Science, social work, and bureaucracy : cautious developments in adoption and foster care, 1930-1969 / Dianne Creagh

Civil rights, adoption rights : domestic adoption and foster care, 1970 to the present / Martha Satz and Lori Askeland

International adoption / Elizabeth Bartholet

The orphan in American children's literature / Claudia Nelson

Part 2. Documents. Multicultural forms of adoption and foster care before 1850

"Orphan trains," child-saving, and the modernization of adoption law, 1851-1929

Science and secrecy : adoption, orphanages, and foster care, 1930-1969

Contemporary issues in domestic adoption, 1970 to the present

International adoption law

Orphans in literature for American children

Part 3. Bibliography. General adoption and child welfare history references and online resources

Orphans, orphanages, and orphan stories : early forms of adoption and fostering in multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives

Secrecy and adoption : infertility, illegitimacy, parental "fitness" standards, and the move to openness in the twentieth century

Crossing boundaries : issues and controversies in contemporary foster care and adoption.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-207) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Children and youth in adoption, orphanages, and foster care.

ISBN:

0313331839

9780313331831

OCLC:

61352889