Family Matters

Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption

E. Wayne Carp

    Preface

    A Note on Language

    The Rise of Adoption

    The Origins of Adoption Records

    When Adoption Was No Secret

    The Ephemeral Age of Secrecy

    The Emergence of the Adoption Rights Movement

    The Adoption Records Wars

    From Open Records to Open Adoption

    Epilogue: The Prospects for Adoption

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: Family Matters
  • A photo of the author

Author photo: Chris Tumbusch

E.Wayne Carp is Professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University.