Illegitimacy in English Law and Society, 18601930

Informationen zum Autor Ginger S. Frost is Professor of History at Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Klappentext Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. 'Strangers in the blood': custody, inheritance, and taxation 2. 'The workhouse or death': maternal crimes and illegitimacy 3. Part of the family? Non-maternal carers and the criminal courts 4. Courts of last resort: affiliation and the poor law 5. Simple acts of justice: illegitimacy and law reform6. Love and loss: family and illegitimacy7. 'Passed from hand to hand': child circulation 8. 'Bad blood'? Social discrimination ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Ginger S. Fros, Ginger Frost, Ginger S Frost, Ginger S. Frost, Ginger Suzanne Frost, Frost Ginger
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2016
• EAN: 9781784992606
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-260-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Legal History, Social and cultural history, C 1900 - C 1914