Family matters : secrecy and disclosure in the history of adoption / E. Wayne Carp.

  • Carp, E. Wayne, 1946-
Date:
1998
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.

Physical description

xii, 304 pages ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. [237]-285.

Contents

The rise of adoption -- The origins of adoption records -- When adoption was no secret -- The ephemeral age of secrecy -- The emergence of the Adoption Rights Movement -- The adoption records wars -- From open records to open adoption -- The prospects for adoption.

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    History of Medicine
    UTS.6
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  • 0674796683