Adoption - A Brief Social and Cultural History

Zusatztext "Conn's book is an important contribution to the literature on adoption. The historical material is extremely valuable! and is covered in great detail. Furthermore! the fluency of Conn's prose make this volume a pleasure to read." Sally Haslanger! Professor! Department of Linguistics and Philosophy! MIT! USA Informationen zum Autor Peter Conn is Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania Klappentext Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience. Zusammenfassung Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history! this book offers a comparative! cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Doing What Comes Naturally 2. Adoption's Long and Often Surprising History 3. Adoption in America 4. Culture, Nationalism, and Intercountry Adoption 5. Imagining Adoption

List of contents

1. Doing What Comes Naturally 2. Adoption's Long and Often Surprising History 3. Adoption in America 4. Culture, Nationalism, and Intercountry Adoption 5. Imagining Adoption

Report

"Conn's book is an important contribution to the literature on adoption. The historical material is extremely valuable, and is covered in great detail. Furthermore, the fluency of Conn's prose make this volume a pleasure to read." Sally Haslanger, Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT, USA

Product details

• Authors: P Conn, P. Conn, Peter Conn
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2013
• EAN: 9781137332202
• ISBN: 978-1-137-33220-2
• No. of pages: 167
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; C, Welfare State, Family, Social Policy, Social groups, Welfare, adolescence, Social Work, childhood, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, families, Central / national / federal government policies, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Age groups & generations, Families—Social aspects, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, cultural history;culture;nationalism