02757nam 2200757 a 450 991081133850332120240402035901.0978148334955814833495519781452237640145223764697814522246401452224641(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 /Nancy E. Riley, Krista E. Van Vleet1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. ;London Pine Forgec20121 online resource (xi, 155 p.) ill., mapsContemporary family perspectivesContemporary family perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.9781322282633 1322282633 9781412998000 141299800X 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 Nancy1725006Van Vleet Krista E.1965-1632767StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910811338503321Making families through adoption4127565UNINA