Global families : a history of Asian international adoption in America /

Choy, Catherine Ceniza, 1969-

Global families : a history of Asian international adoption in America / Catherine Ceniza Choy. - 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations, portraits. - Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history . - Nation of newcomers. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Race and rescue in early Asian international adoption history -- The Hong Kong project: Chinese international adoption in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s -- A world vision : the labor of Asian international adoption -- Global family making : narratives by and about adoptive families -- To make historical their own storie : adoptee narratives as Asian American history -- Conclusion : new geographies, historical legacies.

9781479886388 (e-book)


Intercountry adoption--United States.
Intercountry adoption--Asia.
Adopted children--United States.
Adoption--United States.
Asian Americans.


Electronic books.

HV875.5 / .C47 2013

362.734