Little strangers : portrayals of adoption and foster care in America, 1850-1929 / Claudia Nelson.

Author: Nelson, Claudia.

Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2003.

Description212 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The 1850s and their echoes : two case studies -- Money talks : the displaced child, 1860-1885 -- Melodrama and the displaced child, 1886-1906 -- Metaphor and the displaced child, 1886-1906 -- Adoption and women, 1907-1918 -- Adoption up to date : the rhetoric of mass individuality, 1919-1929.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-203) and index.

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