Description
About the Author
Gonda Van Steen is Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, and Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London.
Reviews
"Drawing on the fields of memory studies, cultural anthropology, Greek history, and international adoption history, Van Steen explores how Cold War anticommunism in post-World War II Greece drove the foreign adoption of Greek children, mainly to the U.S. . . . The book provides an important corrective lens, including statistics that prove how desirable Greek orphans were to U.S. families in the decades after World War II."- Rachel Rains Winslow, Westmont College
"A revealing window into the politics, culture, and social practices that predominated in postwar Greece. . . the author contributes to the nation's collective memory valuable insights into the impact of the civil war upon its most innocent victims. Combining meticulous scholarship with empathy, this seminal study of the selection of children for foreign adoption during the 1950s and 1960s has earned Gonda Van Steen the lasting gratitude of all students of contemporary Greece."- From the foreword by John O. Iatrides
Book Information
ISBN 9780472038817
Author Gonda Van Steen
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 490g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm