Wives without husbands marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935

Shedding light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," this book traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. It analyzes the history of antidesertion reform from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Igra, Anna R. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press 2007.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Gender and American culture.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Shedding light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," this book traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. It analyzes the history of antidesertion reform from its emergence in social policy debates.
Descripción Física:viii, 175 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [151]-169) e índice.
ISBN:9780807876589