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Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care

A Historical Handbook and Guide

By: Lori Askeland

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Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care

A Historical Handbook and Guide

By: Lori Askeland

Adoption and foster care is a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary research. Too often, however, birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, social workers, and the children themselves have either been ignored or demonized. This comprehensive introductory resource provides an authoritative, yet accessible, examination of adoption and foster care as it has been practiced in the United States. Within the pages of this volume, the reader will find a complete view of the many individuals and groups involved, as well as a thorough understanding of the various social and economic forces that have contributed to the perceptions of what children are in need of care. Also discussed is the role of orphanages, once the primary institution for children without parents as well as a stopgap measure for poor children needing temporary care. Divided into three major sections, original essays review the practice of adoption, orphanage placement and foster care from the colonial period to the present day. Selected primary documents, including materials by children, as well as an in-depth bibliographic section, provide crucial information and insight for high school and college students. Social workers, journalists, and others will also find much value in this historical overview and guide. Contributors include Elizabeth Bartholet, Marilyn Irvin Holt, Martha Satz, and Claudia Nelson. Adoption and foster care is a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary research. Too often, however, birth parents, adoptive parents and foster parents, social workers, and the children themselves have been either ignored or demonized. This authoritative and accessible work is the first comprehensive introductory resource that gives a fuller portrait of the many individuals and groups that have contributed to the perceptions of what children are in need of care. Also discussed is the role of orphanages, the primary institution for children without parents as well as a stopgap measure for poor children needing temporary care. Divided into three sections, original essays review the practice of adoption, orphanage placement, and foster care from the colonial period to the present day. Selected primary documents, including materials by children, as well as an in-depth bibliography section, provide crucial information and insight for high school and college students. Social workers, journalists, and others will also find much value in this historical overview and guide. Star contributors include Elizabeth Bartholet, Marilyn Irvin Holt, Martha Satz, and Claudia Nelson.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313021546

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9780313021541

The Law of Achievement

Discover Your Purpose, Possibility and Potential

By: Kathleen Gage,Lori Giovannoni

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The Law of Achievement

Discover Your Purpose, Possibility and Potential

By: Kathleen Gage,Lori Giovannoni

At 6:19 pm on September 2, 2005, the world stopped for Lori Giovannoni and Kathleen Gage. Troy Roper Jr., Lori¿s husband and Kathleen¿s dear friend, was in a severe motorcycle accident. The pursuit of business, joint ventures and material concerns came to a screaming halt.For 102 days their lives revolved around the shock trauma unit, surgery, intensive care, doctors, nurses and an endless stream of visitors and well wishers.There was no word or concern about business issues. Priorities were rearranged and the world had shifted on its axis. When the crisis subsided it was evident all had changed. Troy¿s accident reminded all who know him to live in today, cherishing each moment.It was out of this experience, Kathleen and Lori¿s newest book, The Law of Achievement was born. The Law of Achievement offers a rare look into what it really means to discover your purpose, possibility and potential. Kathleen and Lori dare to reveal uncommon and rarely explored philosophies in this unique book.Having been driven by the traditional measurements of success, Kathleen and Lori have discovered the counter-intuitive laws of achievement that had been brewing in their consciousness for years. It was through their shift in perception the realization that all the awards, recognitions and accolades held little meaning in the overall picture of life.The Laws of Achievement appeals to all walks of life, expanding the concept of achievement beyond the common self-help and standard business book to a personal journey of growth and success.

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178

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096581596X

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9780965815963

The Conservation of Cave 85 at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang

A Collaborative Project of the Getty Conservation Institute and the Dunhuang Academy

By: Neville Agnew,Lori Wong

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The Conservation of Cave 85 at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang

A Collaborative Project of the Getty Conservation Institute and the Dunhuang Academy

By: Neville Agnew,Lori Wong

The Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage Site in northwestern China, are located along the ancient caravan routes—collectively known as the Silk Road—that once linked China with the West. Founded by a Buddhist monk in the late fourth century, Mogao flourished over the following millennium, as monks, local rulers, and travelers commissioned hundreds of cave temples cut into a mile-long rock cliff and adorned them with vibrant murals. More than 490 decorated grottoes remain, containing thousands of sculptures and some 45,000 square meters of wall paintings, making Mogao one of the world’s most significant sites of Buddhist art. In 1997 the Getty Conservation Institute, which had been working with the Dunhuang Academy since 1989, began a case study using the Late–Tang dynasty Cave 85 to develop a methodology that would stabilize the deteriorating wall paintings. This abundantly illustrated volume is the definitive report on the project, which was completed in 2010.

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Getty Publications

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1606061577

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Book's by Lori Giovannoni

Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care

Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care

The Law of Achievement

The Law of Achievement

The Conservation of Cave 85 at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang

The Conservation of Cave 85 at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang

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