West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children

by Richard Tessler, Gail Gamache, Liming Liu

Book Overview

Who are the new families that are appearing on city streets, in suburban malls, and at Fourth of July celebrations? The parents, in their 40s and 50s, are obviously Caucasian, and their very young daughters are obviously Chinese. This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption.

The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897896580
• ISBN13: 9780897896580
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Interesting Read for Parents and Others

From both personal experience and quantitative research, these authors do an excellent job of defining and exploring the phenomenon of Americans adopting Chinese babies.For adoptive parents, it serves as a chance to hear about what other parents feel about raising their children bi-culturally. For those otherwise interested in adoption from China, the book also offers an overview of the adoption process and descriptions of the excitement and strain it places on families.Highly readable and accessible. As an adoptive parent, I plan to save this book for my daughter to read when she becomes older (late teens or adult) as a reminder of social contexts and beliefs of adoptive families prevalent during the time of her adoption.