Peter Conn

Adoption

A Brief Social and Cultural History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• 2013 edition
• Seitenzahl: 161
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781137332202
• ISBN-10: 1137332204
• Artikelnr.: 37182394

Autorenporträt

Peter Conn is Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania

Inhaltsangabe

1. Doing What Comes Naturally 2. Adoption's Long and Often Surprising History 3. Adoption in America 4. Culture, Nationalism, and Intercountry Adoption 5. Imagining Adoption

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1. Doing What Comes Naturally 2. Adoption's Long and Often Surprising History 3. Adoption in America 4. Culture, Nationalism, and Intercountry Adoption 5. Imagining Adoption

Rezensionen

"Conn's book is an important contribution to the literature on adoption. The historical material is extremely valuable, and is covered in great detail. Furthermore, the fluency of Conn's prose make this volume a pleasure to read." Sally Haslanger, Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT, USA