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Chapter III. International Adoption in the United States
“If you could see our children working, playing, sharing together, dark hair against
fair, black eyes laughing into blue, I’m sure you would feel as we do: when there is
love and understanding and a common level of culture, artificial barriers of race or
nationality disappear.” –Helen Doss, 1949
The early history of international adoption in the United States presents some of the
unfavorable circumstances by which children from other countries were placed in
American homes. Further analysis into the history of international adoption shows
that this nation’s involvement in hostile and unfortunate events around the world has
contributed to shaping the way in which American society currently views the
international adoption system.
From the 1970s to the early 2000s, over 250,000 children from other countries
were adopted in the United States (Table 2). There are several factors that influenced
the 20th century influx of international adoptions in the United States. Our
involvement in wars around the world, poverty and political unrest abroad, as well as
China’s population problems all contributed to the number of children adopted from
other countries by U.S citizens (The Adoption Institute).
Table 2: The Number of Children Adopted in Three Decades, 1971-2001
Note. From The Adoption Institute
Website, Research: International
Adoption Facts
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 30 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 18 Chapter III. International Adoption in the United States “If you could see our children working, playing, sharing together, dark hair against fair, black eyes laughing into blue, I’m sure you would feel as we do: when there is love and understanding and a common level of culture, artificial barriers of race or nationality disappear.” –Helen Doss, 1949 The early history of international adoption in the United States presents some of the unfavorable circumstances by which children from other countries were placed in American homes. Further analysis into the history of international adoption shows that this nation’s involvement in hostile and unfortunate events around the world has contributed to shaping the way in which American society currently views the international adoption system. From the 1970s to the early 2000s, over 250,000 children from other countries were adopted in the United States (Table 2). There are several factors that influenced the 20th century influx of international adoptions in the United States. Our involvement in wars around the world, poverty and political unrest abroad, as well as China’s population problems all contributed to the number of children adopted from other countries by U.S citizens (The Adoption Institute). Table 2: The Number of Children Adopted in Three Decades, 1971-2001 Note. From The Adoption Institute Website, Research: International Adoption Facts |
