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. Within the pages of this volume,
the reader will find a complete view of the many individuals and
groups involved, as well as a thorough understanding of the various
social and economic forces that have contributed to the perceptions
of what children are in need of care. Also discussed is the role of
orphanages, once the primary institution for children without
parents as well as a stopgap measure for poor children needing
temporary care. Divided into three major sections, original essays
review the practice of adoption, orphanage placement and foster
care from the colonial period to the present day. Selected primary
documents, including materials by children, as well as an in-depth
bibliographic section, provide crucial information and insight for
high school and college students. Social workers, journalists, and
others will also find much value in this historical overview and
guide. Contributors include Elizabeth Bartholet, Marilyn Irvin
Holt, Martha Satz, and Claudia Nelson. Adoption and foster care is
a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary
research. Too often, however, birth parents, adoptive parents and
foster parents, social workers, and the children themselves have
been either ignored or demonized. This authoritative and accessible
work is the first comprehensive introductory resource that gives a
fuller portrait of the many individuals and groups that have
contributed to the perceptions of what children are in need of
care. Also discussed is the role of orphanages, the primary
institution for children without parents as well as a stopgap
measure for poor children needing temporary care. Divided into
three sections, original essays review the practice of adoption,
orphanage placement, and foster care from the colonial period to
the present day. Selected primary documents, including materials by
children, as well as an in-depth bibliography section, provide
crucial information and insight for high school and college
students. Social workers, journalists, and others will also find
much value in this historical overview and guide. Star contributors
include Elizabeth Bartholet, Marilyn Irvin Holt, Martha Satz, and
Claudia Nelson.
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