Kinship By Design - A History of Adoption in the Modern United States

Informationen zum Autor Ellen Herman is professor of history at the University of Oregon. Klappentext What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century! this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Zusammenfassung What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century! this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Herman, Herman Ellen
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2008
• EAN: 9780226327600
• ISBN: 978-0-226-32760-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Adoption & fostering, History of the Americas, Sociology: family and relationships, Adoption and fostering