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Author:
Graves, Kori A. author.
Title:
A war born family : African American adoption in the wake of the Korean War / Kori A. Graves.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
301 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Korean War (1950-1953)
Interracial adoption--United States--History--20th century.
Intercountry adoption--United States--History--20th century.
Intercountry adoption--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
Racially mixed children--Korea (South).
African American parents.
African American families.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Children.
African American families.
African American parents.
Children.
Intercountry adoption.
Interracial adoption.
Racially mixed children.
Korea (South)
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- African-American soldiers and the origins of Korean transnational adoption -- The National Urban League and the fight for U.S. adoption reform -- African-American families, Korean-black children, and the evolution of transnational race rescue -- The new family ideal for Korean-black adoption -- Pearl S. Buck and the institutional and rhetorical reframing of U.S. and Korean adoption -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
1479872326
9781479872329
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1090284094
LCCN:
2019008917
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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