Illegitimacy in Britain, 1700-1920
. Ed(S): Williams, Samantha; Nutt, Thomas; Levene, Alysa
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Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Samantha; Nutt, Thomas; Levene, Alysa. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
This book provides a lively consideration of historical illegitimacy from a variety of methodological approaches and geographical standpoints. It subjects commonly-accepted themes to rigorous investigation, and draws out new conclusions on the mobility, strategies, and experiences of parents of illegitimate children. Paternity is given a novel spotlight, as is the survivorship of illegitimate infants. The authors engage with themes from historical demography, and social, cultural, medical, and gender history, giving the book wide appeal.
This book provides a lively consideration of historical illegitimacy from a variety of methodological approaches and geographical standpoints. It subjects commonly-accepted themes to rigorous investigation, and draws out new conclusions on the mobility, strategies, and experiences of parents of illegitimate children. Paternity is given a novel spotlight, as is the survivorship of illegitimate infants. The authors engage with themes from historical demography, and social, cultural, medical, and gender history, giving the book wide appeal.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403990655
SKU
V9781403990655
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About . Ed(S): Williams, Samantha; Nutt, Thomas; Levene, Alysa
JOHN BLACK Research Fellow, University of Newcastle, UK ANDREW BLAIKIE Professor of Historical Sociology, University of Aberdeen, UK ROS DAVIES Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK TANYA EVANS Research Fellow, Centre for Contemporary British History, University of London, UK EILIDH GARRETT Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and ... Read more
Reviews for Illegitimacy in Britain, 1700-1920
'...this is a most useful addition to the historiography of illegitimacy, which investigates creatively the prevalence of and responses to illegitimacy in the modern period, subjects some commonly accepted themes to rigorous investigation, and draws out new conclusions on the mobility, strategies, and experiences of parents of illegitimate children.' - Gayle Davis, Medical History