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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813198503321

Autore

Nelson Margaret K. <1944-, >

Titolo

The social economy of single motherhood : raising children in rural America / / Margaret K. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-317-79372-2

0-415-94778-2

1-315-81083-2

1-317-79373-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Perspectives on Gender

Disciplina

306.874320973091734

Soggetti

Single mothers - United States - Social conditions

Single mothers - United States - Economic conditions

Welfare recipients - United States

Rural families - United States

Sociology, Rural - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Context of Single Mothers' Lives; Chapter 2 Negotiating Reciprocity; Chapter 3 Accounting for Welfare; Chapter 4 Building and Rebuilding the Family; Chapter 5 Falling in Love (Again); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in.