Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide

by Lori Askeland

Book Overview

Adoption and foster care is a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary research. Too often, however, birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, social workers, and the children themselves have either been ignored or demonized. This comprehensive introductory resource provides an authoritative, yet accessible, examination of adoption and foster care as it has been practiced in the United States.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313331839
• ISBN13: 9780313331831
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.4"