Raising government children :: a history of foster care and the American welfare state /

Tracing the evolution of the modern American foster care system from its inception in the 1930s through the 1970s, Catherine Rymph argues that deeply gendered, domestic ideals, implicit assumptions about the relative value of poor children, and the complex public/private nature of American welfare p...

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1. Verfasser: Rymph, Catherine E. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
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Zusammenfassung:Tracing the evolution of the modern American foster care system from its inception in the 1930s through the 1970s, Catherine Rymph argues that deeply gendered, domestic ideals, implicit assumptions about the relative value of poor children, and the complex public/private nature of American welfare provision fuelled the cultural resistance to funding maternal and parental care.
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2017.
Beschreibung:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Zielpublikum:Specialized.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469635651
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