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Author Hart, Patricia Susan.

Title A home for every child [electronic resource] : the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / Patricia Susan Hart.

Imprint Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 285 p. : ill., map.
Series Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; 17
Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index.
Contents Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest -- Seeking alternatives to institutional care -- Child relinquishment : the last best hope -- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS -- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood -- Biology, botany, and belonging -- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return -- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Washington Children's Home Society.
Adoption -- Washington (State) -- History.
Adoption -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780295990644 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0295990643 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780295802039 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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