The sun won't come out tomorrow: the dark history of American orphanhood

Introduction: Americans love orphans

One. Orphanages : It's the hard-knock life ; Indoctrinating poor children ; Black children, white property; Black orphans, white saviors ; The dawn of child abuse and the progressive campaign to save children

Two. Trains : Make something of yourself in the west ; Train cars full of "dangerous" children ; Catholic remedies for "fallen women" and foundlings ; Forced assimilation by transcontinental railroad

Three. Foster care : All in the family ; The broken foundation of a broken system ; Policing poor Black and Native families ; No separation between church and state ; Imagining a better world for children and families.