This book is an ethnographic study of China/U.S. adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program.

During the 1990s, the number of children adopted from poorer countries to the more affluent West grew exponentially. Close to 140,000 transnational adoptions oc

With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental,

In the past two decades, transnational adoption has exploded in scope and significance, growing up along increasingly globalized economic relations and the deve

Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2018 International adoption is in a state of virtual collapse, rates having fallen by more than half since 2004 and continu