Description |
xvi, 237 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 195-223) and index. |
Contents |
1. Fathers/masters: children/servants: child custody in the colonial era -- 2. From fathers' rights to mothers' love: the transformation of child custody law in the first century of the new republic, 1790-1890 -- 3. The State as superparent: the progressive era, 1890-1920 -- 4. In the best interest of the child? 1960-1990 -- 5. The ascendancy of the social sciences. |
Subject |
Custody of children -- United States -- History.
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Custody of children. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Child custody. |
ISBN |
0231080468 acid-free paper |
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