Beschreibung:
Adoption has been a politically charged subject since the Progressive Era, when it first became an established part of child welfare reform over one hundred years ago. In A Home for Every Child, Patricia Susan Hart looks at how, when, and why modern adoption practices became a part of child welfare policy.
PrefaceIntroduction: Taking a Chance on the Pacific Northwest1. Seeking Alternatives to Institutional Care2. Child Relinquishment: The Last Best Hope3. Sorted, Boarded, and Reformed: Coming into the Care of WCHS4. Completing God's Plan and Competing Desires: Negotiating Adoptive Parenthood5. Biology, Botany, and Belonging6. Traveling Children: Placement, Re-placement, and ReturnConclusion: A Home for Every Child: The Elusive PromiseAppendixNotesSelected BibliographyIndex