Riley, Nancy.

Making families through adoption / Nancy E. Riley, Krista E. Van Vleet. - 1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Contemporary family perspectives .

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.

9781452224640 (e-book)


Adoption--United States.
Families--United States.
Intercountry adoption.
Interracial adoption.
Interethnic adoption.
Adoption.


Electronic books.

HV875.55 / .R55 2012

362.7340973