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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard Common Press

ISBN-101558327169

ISBN-139781558327160

eBay Product ID (ePID)112652066

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleAdoption Nation : How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming Our Families -- and America

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicAdoption & Fostering

IllustratorYes

GenreFamily & Relationships

AuthorAdam Pertman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-047527

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal362.7340973

SynopsisWith compassion for adopted individuals and adoptive and birth parents alike, Adam Pertman explores the history and human impact of adoption, explodes the corrosive myths surrounding it, and tells compelling stories about its participants as they grapple with issues relating to race, identity, equality, discrimination, personal history, and connections with all their families. For the first edition of this groundbreaking examination of adoption and its impact on us all, Pertman won awards from many organizations, including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law, the American Adoption Congress, the Century Foundation, Holt International, and the U.S. Congress. In this updated edition, Pertman reveals how changing attitudes and laws are transforming adoption - and thereby American society - in the twenty-first century., In this revised edition of Adam Pertman's award-winning book, first published in 2000, readers will find updated information on every aspect of adoption and its changing role in American society. Pertman, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and father of two adopted children, offers an unflinching study of adoption policy and processes., With compassion for adopted individuals and adoptive and birth parents alike, Adam Pertman explores the history and human impact of adoption, explodes the corrosive myths surrounding it, and tells compelling stories about its participants as they grapple with issues relating to race, identity, equality, discrimination, personal history, and connections with all their families. For the first edition of this groundbreaking examination of adoption and its impact on us all, Pertman won awards from many organizations, including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law, the American Adoption Congress, the Century Foundation, Holt International, and the U.S. Congress. In this updated edition, Pertman reveals how changing attitudes and laws are transforming adoptionand thereby American societyin the twenty-first century.

LC Classification NumberHV875.55.P47 2009