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Author Melosh, Barbara.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.734 M528S    Check Shelf
Description x, 326 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Adoption -- United States.
Adoption -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0674009126 alkaline paper
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