Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 /
Shedding light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," this book traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. It analyzes the history of antidesertion reform from...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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Colección: | Gender & American culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Shedding light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," this book traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. It analyzes the history of antidesertion reform from its emergence in social policy debates. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780807876589 0807876585 |