The Traffic in Babies : Cross-Border Adoption and Baby-Selling between the United States and Canada, 1930-1972 /

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"Karen A. Balcom details the dramatic and sometimes tragic history of cross-border adoptions - from the Ideal Maternity Home case and the Alberta Babies-for-Export scandal to trans-racial adoptions of Aboriginal children. Exploring how and why babies were moved across borders, The Traffic in Ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Balcom, Karen Andrea, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Intercountry adoption.
Intercountry adoption > Law and legislation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Adoption internationale > Droit > Canada.
Adoption internationale > Pratiques deloyales > Canada.
Adoption internationale > Canada > Études de cas.
Adoption internationale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Adoption internationale > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Intercountry adoption > Law and legislation > Canada.
Intercountry adoption > Corrupt practices > Canada.
Intercountry adoption > Canada > Case studies.
Intercountry adoption > United States > History > 20th century.
Intercountry adoption > Canada > History > 20th century.
Canada.
United States.
Case studies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Babies Across Borders
  • Charlotte Whitton and Border-Crossings in the 1930s
  • Border-Crossing Responses to the Ideal Maternity Home, 1945-1947
  • The Alberta Babies-for-Export Scandal, 1947-1949
  • Cross-Border Placements for Catholic Children From Quebec, 1945-1960
  • Criminal Law and Baby Black Markets, 1954-1964
  • Controlling Cross Border Adoption, 1950-1972
  • Conclusion: A "No Man's Land" of Jurisdiction.

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