| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Online access with subscription: Duke University Press
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| Contents |
African American children and adoption, 1950-1975 -- The making of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 1922-1978 -- "Crack babies", race, and adoption reform, 1975-2000 -- From refugees to madonnas of the Cold War -- Uncivil wars -- Latin American family values -- Gay and lesbian adoption in the United States -- Epilogue: U.S. immigrants : the next fight over race, adoption, and foster care? |
| Summary |
A feminist historian and an adoptive parent, Laura Briggs gives an account of transracial and transnational adoption from the point of view of the mothers and communities that lose their children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-352) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Adoption -- United States
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Interracial adoption -- United States
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Intercountry adoption -- United States
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Child welfare -- United States
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Adoption
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Child welfare
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Intercountry adoption
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Interracial adoption
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Adoption.
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Kindeswohl.
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Adoption.
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Internationell adoption.
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United States
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USA.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822394952 |
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0822394952 |
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9786613523693 |
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6613523690 |
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1280119659 |
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9781280119651 |
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