Everybody else : adoption and the politics of domestic diversity in postwar America /
Sarah Potter.
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
Based on the author's dissertation at the University of Chicago.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.