Unfortunate objects: lone mothers in eighteenth-century london
Auteur :
Evans, T.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349519682
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2005
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 and the Foundling Hospital.