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008    930827s1994    nyu      b    001 0 eng   
010    93034524 
020    0231080468 (acid-free paper) 
035    (OCoLC)28845986 
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090    KF547 .M37 1994 
100 1  Mason, Mary Ann. 
245 10 From father's property to children's rights :|bthe history
       of child custody in the United States /|cMary Ann Mason. 
260    New York :|bColumbia University Press,|cc1994. 
300    xvi, 237 p. ;|c24 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical reference (p. [195]-223) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
650  0 Custody of children|zUnited States|xHistory. 
935    279217