Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children : Negotiating the Family in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia.

In late Victorian America few issues held the public's attention more closely than the allegedly unnatural family life of the urban poor. InTramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children, Sherri Broder brings new insight to the powerful depictions of the urban poor that circulated in newspapers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press 2002.
Temas:
1800-1899
Working class families > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Poor families > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Child welfare > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Family social work > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Familles ouvrières > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Familles pauvres > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Service social familial > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Child welfare
Family social work
Poor families
Working class families
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Electronic resource.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Tramps, Fallen Women, and Neglected Children: Political Culture and the Urban Poor in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • 2. Informing the "Cruelty": Laboring Communities and Reform Intervention
  • 3. Dens of Inequities: Laboring Families and Reform Intervention
  • 4. Illegitimate Mothers, Redemptive Maternity
  • 5. Murderous Mothers and Mercenary Baby Farmers?

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