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Adoption across borders : serving the children in transracial and intercountry adoptions / Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein.

Title
Adoption across borders : serving the children in transracial and intercountry adoptions / Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein.
Author
Simon, Rita James.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2000.

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Altstein, Howard.
Description
xi, 161 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Intercountry adoption > United States
  • Interracial adoption > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The History and Frequency of Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions -- 2. The Legal Perspective on Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions -- 3. The Case against Transracial Adoption -- 4. Results of Empirical Studies of Transracial Adoptions -- 5. Results of Empirical Studies of Intercountry Adoptions -- 6. A Comparison of the Experiences of Adult Korean and Black Transracial Adoptees -- 7. The Experiences of Stars of David Families: 1987 and 1997 -- 8. Concluding Remarks and Policy Recommendations.
ISBN
  • 0847698327 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0847698335 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
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Owning Institutions
Harvard Library