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

• Autore: Nelson Margaret K. <1944-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.874320973091734
• Soggetto topico: Single mothers - United States - Social conditions; Single mothers - United States - Economic conditions; Welfare recipients - United States; Rural families - United States; Sociology, Rural - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The social economy of single motherhood
• ISBN: 0-415-94778-2; 1-315-81083-2; 1-317-79373-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458302103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)