Cold War comforts : Canadian women, child safety, and global insecurity, 1945-1975 / / Tarah Brookfield.
"Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women's efforts to protect children's health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Amid this global insecurity, many women participated in civil defense or joined the d...
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| Superior document: | Studies in childhood and family in Canada |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in childhood and family in Canada.
Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic text (xiii, 290 p.) :; ill., ports., digital file. |
| Notes: | Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. At home. Cold Ward Canada: mobilizing women for a new war
- The home front becomes the front line: fallout shelter madness
- In the name of children: the disarmament movement
- Abroad. Seeds of destiny: the United Nations and child welfare
- Long-distance mothers: foster parent plan programs
- A change in direction: starving, knitting, and caring for Vietnam
- The politics of orphans: origins of international adoption and Operation Babylift
- Conclusion.