![]() | Everybody Else: Adoption and the Politics of Domestic Diversity in Postwar America Subjects: Adoption -- United States -- 20th century; Adoptive parents -- United States -- 20th century; Families -- United States -- 20th century; In the popular imagination, the twenty years after World War II are associated with simpler, happier, more family-focused living. We think of stereotypical baby boom families like the Cleavers-white, suburban, and well on their way to middle-class affluence. For these couples and their children, a happy, stable family life provided an antidote to the anxieties and uncertainties of the emerging nuclear age. SARAH POTTER is an assistant professor of history at the University of Memphis. |
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