Abandoned : foundlings in nineteenth-century New York City /

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Two interesting items: The author's article in New York ArchivesA letter regarding foundlings in The Riverdale PressIn the nineteenth century, foundlings-children abandoned by their desperately poor, typically unmarried mothers, usually shortly after birth-were commonplace in European society....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Julie, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1899
Abandoned children > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Enfants abandonnés > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SELF-HELP > Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Child Abuse.
Abandoned children
New York (State) > New York
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History
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  • Children of accident and mystery : foundlings in history and memory
  • New York as a nursing mother : foundlings in the antebellum city
  • The murder of the innocents : New York discovers its foundlings
  • The basket at the door : the foundling asylums open
  • Out-Heroding Herod : the foundlings and the revolutionary
  • The end of the foundling asylums
  • Conclusion : the foundling disappears--almost.

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