Strangers and kin : the American way of adoption

Strangers and kin : the American way of adoption / Barbara Melosh.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Melosh, Barbara
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Adoption > United States. Adoption > United States > History.
Online Access:	Table of contents

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.