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UNINA9910696328703321 |
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Titolo |
Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education [[electronic resource]] |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, , [2008] |
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3 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Adulthood - United States |
Adulthood - Life skills assessment - United States |
Statistics. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 4, 2008). |
Distributed to depository libraries in paper, shipping list no. 2008-0216-P. |
"January 2008." |
"NCES 2008-041." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 2-3). |
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UNINA9910787833403321 |
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Autore |
Quartly Marian |
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The market in babies : stories of Australian adoption / / Marian Quartly [and four others] |
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Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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1-925377-95-4 |
1-921867-87-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Adoption - Australia - History |
Intercountry adoption - Australia - History |
Interracial adoption - Australia - History |
Wrongful adoption - Australia - History |
Australia Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi; List of illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii; A note on the authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix; A note on the use of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x; Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi |
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1PART I: EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5; Chapter 1: Being adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7; Chapter 2: The pain of mothering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25; PART II: PROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45; Chapter 3: Making adoption safe and respectable . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 |
Chapter 4: Speaking truth to power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Chapter 5: The rise and fall of intercountry adoption . . . . . . . . . . . 102; Chapter 6: New frontiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128; Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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. . . . . . . . . . . . .141; Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 |
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 |
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The Market in Babies tells the history of adoption in Australia from its beginnings in the 19th century to its decline at the beginning of the 21st. In the early years, supply outstripped demand; needy children were hard to place. In the mid-20th century, demand and supply grew together with adoption presented as the perfect solution to two social problems - infertility and illegitimacy. Supply declined in the 1970s, and demand turned to new global markets. Now these markets are closing, but technology provides new opportunities, and Australians are acquiring babies through the surrogacy marke |
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