China's hidden children: abandonment, adoption, and the human costs of the one-child policy

Kay Ann Johnson

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Table of Contents:: Introduction: somebody's children
Relinquishing daughters: from customary adoption to abandonment
Adopting daughters and hiding out-of-plan children
From "unwanted abandoned girls" to "stolen children": the circulation of out-of-plan children in the 2000s
An emerging "traffic in children"
Conclusion: the hidden human costs of the one-child policy.
Author/Creator:: Johnson, Kay Ann , author
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: China's hidden children: abandonment, adoption, and the human costs of the one-child policy [by Johnson, K.A.]
Subjects:: Abandoned children — China
Girls — Civil rights — China
Intercountry adoption — China
Child trafficking — China
China — Population policy — Social aspects
Family size — Government policy — Social aspects — China
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource.
Call Numbers:: HV887.C6 J66 2016
ISBNs:: 9780226352657 (electronic bk.)
022635265X (electronic bk.)
9780226352510 [Invalid]
022635251X [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:: 944248843
Other Control Numbers:: 1180810 (source: EbpS)
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