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Like Our Very Own: Adoption and the Changing Culture of Motherhood, 1851-1950 Julie Berebitsky
Like Our Very Own: Adoption and the Changing Culture of Motherhood, 1851-1950
Julie Berebitsky
Around the start of the 20th century, US laws on adoption were flexible compared to modern ones. This work chronicles the experiences of adoptive parents and children during a century of change, illuminating the prominent role adoption came to play in defining both motherhood and family in America.
272 pages, 12 photographs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 23, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780700610518 |
| Publishers | University Press of Kansas |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 233 × 24 mm · 503 g |