Karen Dubinsky is Professor of History and Global Development Studies at Queen's University. She is the author and editor of several books, including Within and Without the Nation: Transnational Canadian History (2015).

‘Dubinsky&#39s research is excellent… Her contribution to this sub-field in the burgeoning field of childhood studies is a fine one and this book is a must read for all serious scholars of childhood and adoption.’ - James Onusko (British Journal of Canadian Studies: vol 24:02:2011) ‘This is a great book that historians of foreign relations, family, the United States, Canada, and Latin America, along with those interested in adoption, should read and assign… Dubinsky uses her own experience to help produce a rich and insightful history of people, policies, and nations in the Americas.’ - Leslie Reagan (Histoire sociale /Social History; vol 45:89:2012)

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Children and the Stories We Tell About ThemChapter 2: The National Baby: Creating Monumental ChildrenFrom Operation Peter Pan to Elian GonzalezChapter 3: The Hybrid Baby: Domestic Interracial AdoptionSince the 1950sChapter 4: The Missing Baby: Transnational Adoption andThe Vanishing Children of Guatemala Chapter 5: Conclusion: Setting the Agenda for a Happy ChildhoodSelected Bibliography

Karen Dubinsky is Professor of History and Global Development Studies at Queen's University. She is the author and editor of several books, including Within and Without the Nation: Transnational Canadian History (2015).

‘Dubinsky&#39s research is excellent… Her contribution to this sub-field in the burgeoning field of childhood studies is a fine one and this book is a must read for all serious scholars of childhood and adoption.’ - James Onusko (British Journal of Canadian Studies: vol 24:02:2011) ‘This is a great book that historians of foreign relations, family, the United States, Canada, and Latin America, along with those interested in adoption, should read and assign… Dubinsky uses her own experience to help produce a rich and insightful history of people, policies, and nations in the Americas.’ - Leslie Reagan (Histoire sociale /Social History; vol 45:89:2012)

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Children and the Stories We Tell About ThemChapter 2: The National Baby: Creating Monumental ChildrenFrom Operation Peter Pan to Elian GonzalezChapter 3: The Hybrid Baby: Domestic Interracial AdoptionSince the 1950sChapter 4: The Missing Baby: Transnational Adoption andThe Vanishing Children of Guatemala Chapter 5: Conclusion: Setting the Agenda for a Happy ChildhoodSelected Bibliography

Karen Dubinsky is Professor of History and Global Development Studies at Queen's University. She is the author and editor of several books, including Within and Without the Nation: Transnational Canadian History (2015).

‘Dubinsky&#39s research is excellent… Her contribution to this sub-field in the burgeoning field of childhood studies is a fine one and this book is a must read for all serious scholars of childhood and adoption.’ - James Onusko (British Journal of Canadian Studies: vol 24:02:2011) ‘This is a great book that historians of foreign relations, family, the United States, Canada, and Latin America, along with those interested in adoption, should read and assign… Dubinsky uses her own experience to help produce a rich and insightful history of people, policies, and nations in the Americas.’ - Leslie Reagan (Histoire sociale /Social History; vol 45:89:2012)

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Children and the Stories We Tell About ThemChapter 2: The National Baby: Creating Monumental ChildrenFrom Operation Peter Pan to Elian GonzalezChapter 3: The Hybrid Baby: Domestic Interracial AdoptionSince the 1950sChapter 4: The Missing Baby: Transnational Adoption andThe Vanishing Children of Guatemala Chapter 5: Conclusion: Setting the Agenda for a Happy ChildhoodSelected Bibliography