Title Fostering on the farm : child placement in the rural Midwest / Megan Birk.

Publication Info.	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Search for a Home; 1. The Rural Ideal: Constructing a Myth; 2. "Qualify them for the duties of life"; 3. "The hideous consequences"; Illustrations; 4. "The right of the state to interfere is unquestioned"; 5. The Farm, the Federal Government, and the Decline of Placement; Epilogue: "The great drama of childhood"; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Subject	Foster children -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
	Foster children.
	Middle West.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Foster home care -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
	Foster home care.
	Rural families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
	Rural families.
	Farm life -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
	Farm life.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Birk, Megan, 1979- Fostering on the farm 9780252039249 (DLC) 2014046098 (OCoLC)893454405
ISBN	9780252097294 electronic book
	0252097297 electronic book
	9780252039249
	0252039246