Where Do They Belong?—Adoption of Mixed-Race Children in Late 1950s and Early 1960s Britain
Historical research examined mixed-race children’s adoption in Britain during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Analysis of adoption records and advice literature identified colonial and racial assumptions shaping treatment of children and their birth and adoptive families.
Limitations: Historical documentary analysis does not estimate present-day attitudes or outcomes. Institutional records may omit children’s and families’ own perspectives. Only the publisher-deposited abstract was reviewed; regional coverage and additional methods are not inferred where unstated.
- Research type
- Historical documentary research
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Historical adoption of mixed-race children
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: historical adoption, race, records, transracial adoption
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: Great Britain (regional breakdown not specified)
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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