Mother of Transracial Adoption: Pearl Buck's Special Needs Adoption and American Self-criticism
In 1949, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck founded Welcome House, the first transracial and transnational adoption agency in the country, marking the beginning of the transnational adoption of mixed-race ‘Amerasian’ children. Contrary to the prevailing understanding that her humanitarian advocacy was a polit...
| Published in: | Studies in world christianity |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh Univ. Press
[2019]
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Studies in world christianity
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 345-366 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America NCB Personal ethics |
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Amerasian children
B global friendship B special-needs adoption B Welcome House B Pearl Buck B Anti-racism |
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