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Author:

Oh, Arissa H., author.

Title:

To save the children of Korea : the Cold War origins of international adoption / Arissa H. Oh.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xvi, 299 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Intercountry adoption--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
Intercountry adoption--United States--History--20th century.
Interracial adoption--United States--History--20th century.
United States--History--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
United States--Relations--Korea (South)
Korea (South)--Relations--United States.
History.
1900 - 1999
Armed Forces.
Intercountry adoption.
International relations.
Interracial adoption.
Korea (South)
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : legacies of war -- GIs and missionaries in the land of orphans -- Solving the GI baby problem -- Christian Americanism and the adoption of GI babies -- Making families on a new frontier -- The contradictions of love and commerce -- International adoption in the "miracle on the Han" -- Conclusion : the Korean origins of international adoption.

Series:

Asian America

ISBN:

0804795320 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804795326 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804791988 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804791984 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)894557554

LCCN:

2014042791

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)