The Best Possible Immigrants

The Best Possible Immigrants
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780812249101
ISBN-13 : 0812249100
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Book Synopsis The Best Possible Immigrants by : Rachel Rains Winslow

Download or read book The Best Possible Immigrants written by Rachel Rains Winslow and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Rains Winslow examines how the adoption of foreign children transformed from a marginal activity in response to episodic crises in the 1940s to an enduring American institution by the 1970s. She provides the first historical examination of the people, policies, and systems that made the United States an enduring "adoption nation."


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