Adoption [electronic resource] : A Brief Social and Cultural History /
Conn, P.author.
Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Prologue: What Is Adoption?""; ""1 Doing What Comes Naturally""; ""2 Adoptionâ€?s Long and Often Surprising History""; ""3 Adoption in America""; ""4 Culture, Nationalism, and Intercountry Adoption""; ""5 Imagining Adoption""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Welfare state.
Social groups.
Family.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Social policy.
Social work.
Family.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Social Work.