Raising government children : a history of foster care and the american welfare state

In the 1930s, buoyed by the potential of the New Deal, child welfare reformers hoped to formalize and modernize their methods, partly through professional casework but more importantly through the loving care of temporary, substitute families. Today, however, the foster care system is widely critici...

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Main Author: Rymph, Catherine E.
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2017
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