02623nam 2200685 a 450 991079122160332120161219111702.01-4833-4955-11-4522-3764-61-4522-2464-1(CKB)2550000001197907(EBL)1598329(SSID)ssj0001112600(PQKBManifestationID)12527622(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112600(PQKBWorkID)11160851(PQKB)10826710(MiAaPQ)EBC1598329(OCoLC)869282163(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174369(EXLCZ)99255000000119790720131121d2012 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrMaking families through adoption[electronic resource] /Nancy E. Riley, Krista E. Van VleetThousand Oaks, Calif. ;London Pine Forgec20121 online resource (xi, 155 p.) ill., mapsContemporary family perspectivesContemporary family perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-28263-3 1-4129-9800-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Adoption across cultures -- Adoption in the United States : historical perspectives -- Adoption : private decisions, public influences -- Race, ethnicity, and racism in adoption and fosterage systems -- The practices of transnational adoption.This volume examines adoption as a way of understanding the practices and ideology of kinship and family more generally. It focuses primarily on adoption practices in the US but will also use examples of adoption and fostering across cultures to put those American adoption practices into a comparative context.Contemporary Family Perspectives (CFP)AdoptionUnited StatesFamiliesUnited StatesIntercountry adoptionInterracial adoptionInterethnic adoptionAdoptionAdoptionFamiliesIntercountry adoption.Interracial adoption.Interethnic adoption.Adoption.362.7340973Riley Nancy1466265Van Vleet Krista E.1965-1466266StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910791221603321Making families through adoption3676669UNINA