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Family matters : secrecy and disclosure in the history of adoption

Family Matters cuts through the sealed records, changing policies, and conflicting agendas that have obscured the history of adoption in America and reveals how the practice and attitudes about it have evolved from colonial days to the present.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carp, E. Wayne, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Subjects and Genres:
Adoption > United States > History.
Open adoption > United States > History.
Adoptees > United States > Identification.
Birthparents > United States > Identification.
Family social work > United States.
Confidential communications > United States.
Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
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Table of Contents:
  • The rise of adoption
  • The origins of adoption records
  • When adoption was no secret
  • The ephemeral age of secrecy
  • The emergence of the Adoption Rights Movement
  • The adoption records wars
  • From open records to open adoption
  • The prospects for adoption.

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