Unfortunate Objects

Name: Unfortunate Objects
Author: T. Evans

Lone Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels

Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 2005

ISBN13: 9781403939234

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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2005 9781403939234

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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. It suggests that unmarried mothers did not constitute a deviant minority within London's plebeian community. In fact, many could expect to find compassion rather than ostracism a response to their plight. All poor mothers, left without the support of their child's father, shared similar strategies of survival and economies of makeshift.

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ISBN13:9781403939234

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis, Mens en maatschappij

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List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 'The Insecurities of Life and Trade': Work, Community and Personal Life in Eighteenth-Century London Courtship, Sex and Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Popular Literature 'Craving Charity': Poor Mothers and the Public Philanthropic Imagination 'Unfortunate Objects': Petitioners to the Foundling Hospital The Duty of Poor Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London Childbirth 'Be so Good as to Remember Where this Child Goes to': Poor but not Hopeless Conclusion Illustrations Footnotes Bibliography Index

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