Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Some of the myths surrounding illegitimacy and adoption -- 2. Bastardy -- 3. The prelude to the Adoption Act of 1926 -- 4. Birth mother, illegitimacy and adoption -- 5. Fathers and their illegitimate sons and daughters -- 6. Foster carers -- 7. The adopted child -- 8. Adopting parents today -- 9. Reproductive adoption -- Index
