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Author:

Adams, Christine, 1962-

Title:

Poverty, charity, and motherhood : maternal societies in nineteenth-century France / Christine Adams.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xi, 251 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Child welfare--France--History.
Mothers--History.--France--History.
Children--History.--France--History.
Poor--History.--France--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: maternal societies in the nineteenth century -- "Moses saved from the waters" : the origins of the Society for Maternal Charity -- "A grand and official institution" : the Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon -- Modeling maternal behavior: relations between the dames visiteuses and the pauvres mères indigentes -- In the public interest: charitable associations and public-utility status -- "Seconding the views of the government" : maternal societies and the state -- Epilogue: toward a welfare state.

ISBN:

025203547X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252035470 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)502874696

LCCN:

2010002140

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)