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Strangers and kin : the American way of adoption /
'Strangers and Kin' is the history of adoption, a quintessentially American institution in its buoyant optimism, generous spirit and confidence in social engineering. Barbara Melosh tells the story of how married couples without children sought to care for and nurture other people's c...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Wanted : a child to raise as our own : claiming strangers as kin
- 2. Families by design : "fitness" and "fit" in the creation of kin
- 3. The "best solution" : adoption embraced
- 4. Redrawing the boundaries : transracial and international adoption
- 5. "Tell it slant" : adoption and disclosure
- 6. Adoption challenged : beyond the best solution.