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Heroes of their own lives: the politics and history of family violence : Boston, 1880-1960
Linda Gordon
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Frontmatter (page N/A)
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Preface and Acknowledgements (page v)
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1 Introduction (page 1)
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2 "The Cruelty": Child Protection, 1880-1910 (page 27)
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3 The Progressive-Era Transformation of Child Protection, 1900-1920 (page 59)
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4 Single Mothers and the Contradictions of Child-Protection Policy (page 82)
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5 "So Much fo rthe Children Now, So Little Before": Child Neglect and Parental Responsibility (page 116)
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6 "Only to Bring My Children Up Good": Child Abuse and Social Change (page 168)
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7 "Be Careful About Father": Incest, Girls' Resistance, and the Construction of Femininity (page 204)
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8 "The Powers of the Weak": Wife-Beating and Battered Women's Resistance (page 250)
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9 Conclusion: Social Control and the "Powers of the Weak" (page 289)
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Appendix A: Research and Analysis Methods (page 301)
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Appendix B: Client Characteristics (page 307)
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Notes (page 313)
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Index (page 373)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 95.1 (Feb. 1990): 281-282 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199002%2995%3A1%3C281%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H |
JAH | 76.1 (Jun. 1989): 270 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28198906%2976%3A1%3C270%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 |
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Published: 1988
Publisher: Viking
- 9780670819096 (hardcover)