Patricia Crawford

Parents of Poor Children in England, 1580-1800

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first sustained study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in early modern England, drawing upon a wide range of archival material, including quarter session records, petitions for assistance, applications for places in the London Foundling Hospital, and evidence from criminal trials in London's Old Bailey.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 165mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9780199204809
• ISBN-10: 0199204802
• Artikelnr.: 29020959

Autorenporträt

Patricia Crawford taught history at the University of Western Australia. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She is the author of a number of books on early modern England, including (with Sara Mendelson) Women in Early Modern England, also published by Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
1: MOTHERS OF 'THE BASTARD CHILD'
2: 'FATHERS' OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
3: BRINGING UP A CHILD
4: SEVERE POVERTY
5: CIVIC FATHERS OF THE POOR
6: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
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