Description |
xii, 381 p. : ill. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-371) and index. |
Contents |
The perils of money and sentiment (and custom, accident, impulse, intuition, common sense, faith, and bad blood) -- Making adoption governable -- Rules for realness -- Matching and the mirror of nature -- The measure of other people's children -- Adoption revolutions -- The difference difference makes -- Damaged children, therapeutic lives -- Reckoning with risk. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Adoption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Orphans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
0226327590 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226327594 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226327604 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780226327600 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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