{"product_id":"kinship-by-design-a-history-of-adoption-in-the-modern-united-states-paperback","title":"Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Herman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, \u003ci\u003eKinship by Design\u003c\/i\u003e provides the fullest account to date of modern adoption's history.\u003cbr\u003e Beginning in the early 1900s, when children were still transferred between households by a variety of unregulated private arrangements, Ellen Herman details efforts by the U.S. Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. She goes on to trace Americans' shifting ideas about matching children with physically or intellectually similar parents, revealing how research in developmental science and technology shaped adoption as it navigated the nature-nurture debate.\u003cbr\u003e Concluding with an insightful analysis of the revolution that ushered in special needs, transracial, and international adoptions, \u003ci\u003eKinship by Design\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately situates the practice as both a different way to make a family and a universal story about love, loss, identity, and belonging. In doing so, this volume provides a new vantage point from which to view twentieth-century America, revealing as much about social welfare, statecraft, and science as it does about childhood, family, and private life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Herman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259785109606,"sku":"9780226327600","price":70.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MDJrMGRmSVFkME1wMzFHU1NDSDJiZz09.webp?v=1773856231","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/kinship-by-design-a-history-of-adoption-in-the-modern-united-states-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}