Download or read book A Child for Keeps written by J. Keating and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of adoption from 1918-1945, detailing the rise of adoption, the growth of adoption societies and considering the increasing emphasis on secrecy in adoption. Analyses adoption law from legalization in 1926, to regulation and reform in the 1930s, with regulations finally being enforced in 1943 amid concern about casual wartime adoptions.