Transracial Adoptees and Their Families: A Study of Identity and Commitment

by Rita James Simon and Rita J. Simon

Transracial adoption is a controversial area of research and practice in child welfare. The authors, a sociologist and a social worker, have contributed much to its understanding through a series of studies that began in 1972 of white families that have adopted nonwhite (mostly black) children. This book reports on the latest phase of their research, which was based on interviews with most of the families and adoptees in the original sample. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275923983
• ISBN13: 9780275923983
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"