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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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Paperback. In this powerful and moving history of family violence, historian Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife-beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Drawing on hundreds of case records from social agencies devoted to dealing with the problem, she chronicles the changing visibility of family violence. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 585. Weight in Grams: 460.
In this unflinching history of family violence, Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Gordon begins with the so-called discovery of family violence in the 1870s, when experts first identified it as a social rather than personal problem. From there, Gordon chronicles the changing visibility of family violence as gender, family, and political ideologies shifted and the women’s and civil rights movements gained strength. Throughout, she illustrates how public perceptions of issues like marriage, poverty, alcoholism, mental illness, and responsibility worked for and against the victims of family violence, and ... Read more
In this unflinching history of family violence, Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Gordon begins with the so-called discovery of family violence in the 1870s, when experts first identified it as a social rather than personal problem. From there, Gordon chronicles the changing visibility of family violence as gender, family, and political ideologies shifted and the women’s and civil rights movements gained strength. Throughout, she illustrates how public perceptions of issues like marriage, poverty, alcoholism, mental illness, and responsibility worked for and against the victims of family violence, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252070792
SKU
V9780252070792
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About Linda Gordon
Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is a two-time winner of the Bancroft Prize, for Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits and The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. Her other books include Pitied but Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare, 1890-1935 and The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control ... Read more
Reviews for Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence--Boston, 1880-1960
"Feminist scholarship at its best."
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