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Like Our Very Own: Adoption and the Changing Culture of Motherhood, 1851-1950by Julie Berebitsky
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A fascinating chapter in American social and cultural history, Like Our Very Own offers compelling evidence that adoption has always been an important factor in our evolving efforts to define the meaning and nature of both motherhood and family. Book News Annotation:Drawing on records of adoption cases, letters, congressional records,
as well as fiction and popular magazines, Berebitsky (history and
women's studies, U. of the South) chronicles the experiences of
adoptive parents in late 19th and early 20th century America. She
traces adoption ideology from before adoption laws first became
codified in 1851 through the creation of laws that increasingly
approved only of the most conservative version of the middle class
American family.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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