Rural Unwed Mothers

Informationen zum Autor Mazie Hough Klappentext Drawing extensively from agency records, newspaper accounts, sociological studies and court documents, Hough explores the experiences of rural white unwed mothers in Maine and Tennessee. Zusammenfassung Drawing extensively from agency records! newspaper accounts! sociological studies and court documents! Hough explores the experiences of rural white unwed mothers in Maine and Tennessee. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Rural Communities and Regional Differences: Maine and Tennessee; Chapter 2 Tennessee: Maintaining Hierarchies of Race and Class; Chapter 3 Maine: Preserving Resources: Hard Work and Responsibility; Chapter 4 Professional Standards in Tennessee: Only Perfect Children Will Do; Chapter 5 Professional Standards in Maine: Relying on Strangers; conclusion Conclusion;

Product details

• Authors: Maizie Hough, Mazie Hough, Hough Mazie
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2010
• EAN: 9781851964000
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-400-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: Birth, Rural communities / rural life