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050 00 KF547|b.M37 1994 
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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,|c©1994. 
300    xvi, 237 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. 
520    The recent exponential increase in the number of custody 
       disputes due to divorce, adoption, surrogate motherhood, 
       and artificial insemination makes child custody one of the
       most hotly debated issues in America today. From Fathers' 
       Property to Children's Rights seeks to clarify fundamental
       questions about the rights of children and parents in our 
       society through a unique and provocative analysis of child
       custody in the United States from colonial times to the 
       present. 
520 8  The book gracefully combines historical and legal 
       scholarship in an unusually rich perspective on the 
       history of children and their parents. Mason consistently 
       draws on this history to illuminate contemporary issues - 
       the current emphasis on biological parenthood, the 
       proliferation of reproductive technologies, and the 
       growing use and misuse of the social sciences. 
520 8  The author presents crucial periods of change in social 
       attitudes and the law regarding child custody: the 
       adaptation of English common law in the colonial period, 
       the move toward maternal preference and child welfare in 
       the early twentieth century, the advent in the 1970s of no
       -fault divorce and joint custody, and the growing 
       influence of the social sciences, especially psychology, 
       in contemporary custody disputes. 
520 8  Mason connects these transformations to the changing 
       status of women with respect to culture, law, and 
       politics. In the nineteenth century the political crusade 
       for women's property rights and the cult of motherhood 
       favored the woman in custody battles. In our time Mason 
       shows that the move away from maternal preference toward 
       equal custodial rights was promoted by feminists' struggle
       for equal political rights and a new theory of equal 
       parenting supported by social scientists. 
520 8  Based on extensive research in case law, legislation, and 
       social history, Mason's timely analysis of current child 
       custody issues is a must for professionals as well as for 
       those interested in family and social history, legal and 
       women's studies, and child welfare in America. 
650  0 Custody of children|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 Custody of children.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00885495 
650 07 Elterliche Sorge.|0(DE-588)4070784-2|2gnd 
650 07 Geschichte.|0(DE-588)4020517-4|2gnd 
650 07 Kinderschutz.|2swd 
650 17 Jeugdrecht.|2gtt 
650 17 Voogdij.|2gtt 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
651  7 United States.|0(DE-588)4078704-7|2gnd 
651  7 United States.|2swd 
653 0  Custody|aHistory 
653 0  United States 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/
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856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/
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