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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789098003321

Autore

Adams Christine <1962->

Titolo

Poverty, charity, and motherhood [[electronic resource] ] : maternal societies in nineteenth-century France / / Christine Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Ill., : University of Illinois Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-02870-0

0-252-09001-2

9786613028709

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

79.16

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Child welfare - France - History

Mothers - Services for - France - History

Children - Services for - France - History

Poor - Services for - France - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 meres 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.