… After much thought, I have decided to use the terms that were commonly used in the periods
I describe rather than sanitizing the history of secrecy and disclosure in adoption by using …

… more quickly than to participants in adoption?which is not a … Family Matters lifts adoption
to a plane it ought to be on: that ofa serious topic not just in but central to American history…

… Family Matters examines the complicated history of adoption in the United States, with a …
of secrecy. Contrary to popular assumptions, adoption has not been shrouded in secrecy for …

… that have become matters of open debate. He provides the issue of secrecy in adoptions
with a history and situates it in other birth and adoption-related issues. In recent years, these …

… of the history of secrecy and disclosure in adoption in the … the historical context of the current
practice of closed adoption records. Chapter 1 presents a history of the practice of adoption …

… standard work on the history of adoption for many years to come; it belongs in all major
libraries. Students of social history, family history, cultural history, and the history of childhood will …

… history of a single-albeit central-aspect of the history of adoption in this country: the history
of secrecy and disclosure in adoption. The book is an important first step in filling a void in …

… Secrecy in adoption, together with the trend towards maintaining links between the birth
family and the adopted child, has resulted in openness being a dominating issue for adoption …

… secrecy or confidentiality in adoption have treated adoptees differently from persons who
are not adopted by … of the rights of adopted children to fuller disclosure of information about …

… on adoption Not ot so long ago veiled in secrecy and closed records, American adoption is
… , out of the immediate family, out of the domain of social work, adoption struts boldly across …