The Best Possible Immigrants :
WINSLOW, Rachel Rains
The Best Possible Immigrants : International Adoption and the American Family / Rachel Rains Winslow. - 1 online resource : 6 illus. - Politics and Culture in Modern America .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. The Interest of Many: The Foundations of International Adoption -- Chapter 1. “Babyselling Rings,” “Adoption Mills,” and “Baby Rackets”: Formalizing Policies and Manufacturing Markets -- Chapter 2. “An International Baby Hunt”: The “Gray Market” in Greece -- Chapter 3. “The Great Heart of America”: Volunteer Humanitarians and Korean Adoptions -- Chapter 4. Coming Out of the Shadows: Adoptive Parents as Public Figures -- Chapter 5. A New Kind of Racial Alchemy: International Development, Transracial Adoption, and the Vietnam War -- Chapter 6. “Children of Controversy”: Operation Babylift and the Crisis of Humanitarianism -- Epilogue. The Legacy of Voluntarism: International Adoption in the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix. Selected Immigration Legislation and Refugee Action Chronology, 1945–1976 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812293968
10.9783/9780812293968 doi
DE-Istorie
resursă online
HV875.5 / .W567 2017
The Best Possible Immigrants : International Adoption and the American Family / Rachel Rains Winslow. - 1 online resource : 6 illus. - Politics and Culture in Modern America .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. The Interest of Many: The Foundations of International Adoption -- Chapter 1. “Babyselling Rings,” “Adoption Mills,” and “Baby Rackets”: Formalizing Policies and Manufacturing Markets -- Chapter 2. “An International Baby Hunt”: The “Gray Market” in Greece -- Chapter 3. “The Great Heart of America”: Volunteer Humanitarians and Korean Adoptions -- Chapter 4. Coming Out of the Shadows: Adoptive Parents as Public Figures -- Chapter 5. A New Kind of Racial Alchemy: International Development, Transracial Adoption, and the Vietnam War -- Chapter 6. “Children of Controversy”: Operation Babylift and the Crisis of Humanitarianism -- Epilogue. The Legacy of Voluntarism: International Adoption in the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix. Selected Immigration Legislation and Refugee Action Chronology, 1945–1976 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812293968
10.9783/9780812293968 doi
DE-Istorie
resursă online
HV875.5 / .W567 2017