Raising government children : a history of foster care and the American welfare state /
Rymph, Catherine E.,
Raising government children : a history of foster care and the American welfare state / Catherine E. Rymph. - xiv, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Into the family life of strangers : the origins of foster family care -- The New Deal, family security, and the emergence of a public child welfare system -- Helping America's orphans of war -- Providing love and care : foster parents as parents -- The hard-to-place child : family pathology, race, and poverty -- Compensated motherhood and the state : foster parents as workers -- Poverty, punishment, and public assistance : reorienting foster family care.
9781469635637 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781469635644 (pbk : alk. paper)
2017015700
Foster home care--History--United States--20th century.
Foster home care--Government policy--United States.
Foster parents--United States.
Public welfare--United States.
HV881 / .R95 2017
362.73/309730904
Raising government children : a history of foster care and the American welfare state / Catherine E. Rymph. - xiv, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Into the family life of strangers : the origins of foster family care -- The New Deal, family security, and the emergence of a public child welfare system -- Helping America's orphans of war -- Providing love and care : foster parents as parents -- The hard-to-place child : family pathology, race, and poverty -- Compensated motherhood and the state : foster parents as workers -- Poverty, punishment, and public assistance : reorienting foster family care.
9781469635637 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781469635644 (pbk : alk. paper)
2017015700
Foster home care--History--United States--20th century.
Foster home care--Government policy--United States.
Foster parents--United States.
Public welfare--United States.
HV881 / .R95 2017
362.73/309730904