Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America

by Catherine Ceniza Choy

Book Overview

In the last fifty years, transnational adoption--specifically, the adoption of Asian children--has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that allowed Asian international adoption to flourish. In Global Families, Catherine Ceniza Choy unearths the little-known historical origins of Asian international adoption in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479892173
• ISBN13: 9781479892174
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"