{"product_id":"9780472024636","title":"Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives","description":"\"Includes research on adoption documents rarely open to historians . . . an important addition to the literature on adoption. Highly Recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e ---\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Sheds new light on the roots of this complex and fascinating institution.\"\u003cbr\u003e ---\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Well-written and accessible . . . showcases the wide-ranging scholarship underway on the history of adoption.\"\u003cbr\u003e ---\u003ci\u003eAdoptive Families\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[T]his volume is a significant contribution to the literature and can serve as a catalyst for further research.\"\u003cbr\u003e ---\u003ci\u003eSocial Service Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adoption affects an estimated 60 percent of Americans, but despite its pervasiveness, this social institution has been little examined and poorly understood. \u003ci\u003eAdoption in America\u003c\/i\u003e gathers essays on the history of adoptions and orphanages in the United States. Offering provocative interpretations of a variety of issues, including antebellum adoption and orphanages; changing conceptions of adoption in late-nineteenth-century novels; Progressive Era reform and adoptive mothers; the politics of \"matching\" adoptive parents with children; the radical effect of World War II on adoption practices; religion and the reform of adoption; and the construction of birth mother and adoptee identities, the essays in \u003ci\u003eAdoption in America\u003c\/i\u003e will be debated for many years to come.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081163161840,"sku":"9780472024636","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780472024636_p0.jpg?v=1763707959","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780472024636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}