Children for Families or Families for Children The Demography of Ado
Do adoptions provide children for families or families for children? This book analyzes the complex interactions between adopters and adoptees using historical and current data. Who are the preferred parents and children, both domestically and internation
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Mary Ann Davis
Children for Families or Families for Children The Demography of Adoption Behavior in the U.S.
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Mary Ann Davis Sam Houston State University Department of Sociology PO Box 2466 77341-2446 Huntsville Texas USA [email protected]
ISSN 1389-6784 ISBN 978-90-481-8971-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8972-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8972-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011932729 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
My initial interest in adoption began when I was a graduate student at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Social Work, which offered an internship at the Edna Gladney Maternity home. During this period the revolution of single women keeping their children and raising them as single parents was beginning along with the transition from secret to open adoptions. This was also the era when fellow Texan Sara Wedding
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