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Adoption across borders : serving the children in transracial and intercountry adoptions / Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein.
Van Pelt Library HV875.64 .S555 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interracial adoption--United States.
- Interracial adoption.
- United States.
- Intercountry adoption--United States.
- Intercountry adoption.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 161 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2000]
- Summary:
- For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white parents; African American, Hispanic, and Korean children; and Jewish Stars of David families, among others. This book summarizes their findings and compares them with other studies. It is an invaluable source of data on the number and frequency of transracial and intercountry adoptions and on the attitudes toward them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0847698327
- 0847698335
- OCLC:
- 42641657
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