Family matters : secrecy and disclosure in the history of adoption / E. Wayne Carp.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.

xii, 304 pages ; 25 cm

Includes index and bibliography: p. [237]-285.

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 -- The prospects for adoption.