Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction. The Interest of Many: The Foundations of International Adoption 1
5. Chapter 1. “Babyselling Rings,” “Adoption Mills,” and “Baby Rackets”: Formalizing Policies and Manufacturing Markets 15
6. Chapter 2. “An International Baby Hunt”: The “Gray Market” in Greece 34
7. Chapter 3. “The Great Heart of America”: Volunteer Humanitarians and Korean Adoptions 70
8. Chapter 4. Coming Out of the Shadows: Adoptive Parents as Public Figures 105
9. Chapter 5. A New Kind of Racial Alchemy: International Development, Transracial Adoption, and the Vietnam War 142
10. Chapter 6. “Children of Controversy”: Operation Babylift and the Crisis of Humanitarianism 181
11. Epilogue. The Legacy of Voluntarism: International Adoption in the Twenty-First Century 218
12. Appendix. Selected Immigration Legislation and Refugee Action Chronology, 1945–1976 227
13. Notes 229
14. Select Bibliography 279
15. Index 285
16. Acknowledgments 295