Transracial Adoption - Can It Succeed?: A Study of the Growth of Interracial Adoption, 1946-1965
Abstract
Adoption has existed since the beginning of civilization itself. It has been practiced in every culture, and in countries and among people remotely situated from each other. Greek and Roman mythology abound with legends of adoptions. Amphion, Zethus, Jupiter, and Juno were all part of adoptive relationships. Hera adopted Hercules through a ritualistic imitation of a natural birth. More familiar perhaps was the adoption of Oedipus by King Polybus of Corinth, in an abortive effort to ward off the death sentence pronounced by his father.
Subject Area
History|Individual & family studies|Social work
Recommended Citation
Sherwood, Irma L, "Transracial Adoption - Can It Succeed?: A Study of the Growth of Interracial Adoption, 1946-1965" (1966). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097128.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097128
