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Unfortunate Objects: Lone Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London 2005 edition
T. Evans
Unfortunate Objects: Lone Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London 2005 edition
T. Evans
This book analyzes how poor eighteenth-century London women coped when they found themselves pregnant, their survival networks and the consequences of bearing an illegitimate child. It does so by exploring the encounters between poor women and the parish as well as London's lying-in hospitals and the Foundling Hospital.
286 pages, 6 photographs
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 11, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9781403939234 |
Publishers | Palgrave USA |
Pages | 279 |
Dimensions | 163 × 224 × 21 mm · 485 g |