Everybody else : adoption and the politics of domestic diversity in postwar America / Sarah Potter.

Author/creator Potter, Sarah author.
Format Book
PublicationAthens : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Descriptionix, 254 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Subjects
Adoption--United States. --20th century.
Adoptive parents--United States. --20th century.
Families--United States. --20th century.

Contents The difference of adoption : domestic diversity and adoption practice in the postwar period -- Embracing domesticity : the great depression, the great migration, and World War II -- Defining domesticity : family ideals in everyday life -- Providing anxiety and optimism : domestic masculinity -- Nurturing frustration and entitlement : domestic femininity -- Constructing domesticity : family ideals and residential space in postwar Chicago -- To take some responsibility for community problems : domesticity and good citizenship -- Conclusion : the postwar family and American politics.
General noteBased on the author's dissertation at the University of Chicago.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [233]-243) and index.
LCCN 2013032125
ISBN9780820344157 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN082034415X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820344164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0820344168 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV875.55 .P684 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold