'Unfortunate Objects' : Lone Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London /

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 a...

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Main Author:	Evans, Tanya (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Clinical Psychology. Gender Studies. History of Britain and Ireland. Modern History. Clinical psychology. Gender expression. Gender identity. History, Modern. Sex (Psychology) Social sciences. Sociology. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book