03091nam 22006495 450 991029980850332120230810193152.09783319733203331973320610.1007/978-3-319-73320-3(CKB)4100000003359281(MiAaPQ)EBC5355997(DE-He213)978-3-319-73320-3(Perlego)3493041(EXLCZ)99410000000335928120180423d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis, 1700-1850 Pregnancy, the Poor Law and Provision /by Samantha Williams1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (275 pages)9783319733197 3319733192 1. Introduction: illegitimacy in London -- 2. Shame -- 3. Pregnant and birthing bodies -- 4. The workhouse -- 5. Maintenance -- 6. Punishment -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography.-Index.In this book Samantha Williams examines illegitimacy, unmarried parenthood and the old and new poor laws in a period of rising illegitimacy and poor relief expenditure. In doing so, she explores the experience of being an unmarried mother from courtship and conception, through the discovery of pregnancy, and the birth of the child in lodgings or one of the new parish workhouses. Although fathers were generally held to be financially responsible for their illegitimate children, the recovery of these costs was particularly low in London, leaving the parish ratepayers to meet the cost. Unmarried parenthood was associated with shame and men and women could also be subject to punishment, although this was generally infrequent in the capital. Illegitimacy and the poor law were interdependent and this book charts the experience of unmarried motherhood and the making of metropolitan bastardy.Social historyGreat BritainHistoryCivilizationHistoryFeminismFeminist theoryLawHistorySocial HistoryHistory of Britain and IrelandCultural HistoryFeminism and Feminist TheoryLegal HistorySocial history.Great BritainHistory.CivilizationHistory.Feminism.Feminist theory.LawHistory.Social History.History of Britain and Ireland.Cultural History.Feminism and Feminist Theory.Legal History.344.420325Williams Samanthaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1064607BOOK9910299808503321Unmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis, 1700-18504332308UNINA