The best possible immigrants : international adoption, social policy, and the American family / Rachel Rains Winslow.

Author: Winslow, Rachel Rains, author.

Edition Statement:1st edition.

ImprintPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Descriptionvii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Note:Introduction: The interest of many: the foundations of international adoption. -- "Babyselling rings," "adoption mill," and "baby rackets" : formalizing policies and manufacturing markets -- "An international baby hunt": the "gray market" in Greece -- "The great heart of America": volunteer humanitarians and Korean adoptions -- Coming out of the shadows: adoptive parents as public figures -- A new kind of racial alchemy: international development, transracial adoption, and the Vietnam War -- "Children of controversy": operation babylift and the crisis of humanitarianism -- Epilogue. The legacy of voluntarism: international adoption and the twenty-first century.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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