{"product_id":"a-home-for-every-child-9780295990644","title":"A Home for Every Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdoption has been a politically charged subject since the Progressive Era, when it first became an established part of child welfare reform over one hundred years ago and in A Home for Every Child, Patricia Susan Hart looks at how, when and why modern adoption practices became a part of child welfare policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A smooth and informative narrative on the history of this pioneering Pacific northwest home placement society and a balanced treatment of its achievements and limitations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Xi Chen * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lucid and engaging history . . . an essential contribution to the literature on child dependency, foster care, and adoption. Hart . . . made it clear that the assumptions implicit in contemporary policy discussions . . . have a long history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Alice Hearst * Reviews in American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Helps to round out historical knowledge of child-saving practices in the period before the full professionalization of social work. . . . a fascinating and in-depth study of the multiple actors and institutions that shaped adoption practices.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Felice Batlan * Social Service Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A]s a history of a movement that remains with us today, the book is fascinating.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ann Patricia Payton * Columbia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Taking a Chance on the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Seeking Alternatives to Institutional Care\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Child Relinquishment: The Last Best Hope\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Sorted, Boarded, and Reformed: Coming into the Care of WCHS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Completing God's Plan and Competing Desires: Negotiating Adoptive Parenthood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Biology, Botany, and Belonging\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Traveling Children: Placement, Re-placement, and Return\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: \u003ci\u003eA Home for Every Child\u003c\/i\u003e: The Elusive Promise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524699267415,"sku":"9780295990644","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295990644.jpg?v=1731857796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-home-for-every-child-9780295990644","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}