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Sherri Broder - Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children - 9780812236545 - V9780812236545
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Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children

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Description for Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children Hardback. "Deeply researched and beautifully crafted, this book is an original contribution to the history of American reform, family, and working-class culture."-Barbara Melosh, George Mason University Num Pages: 272 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.

In late Victorian America few issues held the public's attention more closely than the allegedly unnatural family life of the urban poor. In Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children, Sherri Broder brings new insight to the powerful depictions of the urban poor that circulated in newspapers and novels, public debate and private correspondence, including the irresponsible tramp, the "fallen" single mother, and the neglected child. Broder considers how these representations contributed to debates over the nature of family life and focuses on the ways different historical actors—social reformers, labor activists, and ordinary laboring people—made use of the available cultural narratives ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812236545
SKU
V9780812236545
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Sherri Broder
Sherri Broder is affiliated with the Women's Studies Scholars Program at Brandeis University.

Reviews for Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children
"Deeply researched and beautifully crafted, this book is an original contribution to the history of American reform, family, and working-class culture. Broder's empathic and insightful reading of her evidence opens up new understandings of late nineteenth-century negotiations of class, gender, race, and generation."
Barbara Melosh, George Mason University
"Sherri Broder analyzes how the tropes of waifs, tramps, fallen ... Read more

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