Unmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis, 1700-1850 : Pregnancy, the Poor Law and Provision
2018 ed.
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3319733192
ISBN-13
9783319733197
Edition
2018 ed.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 4th, 2018
Print length
270 Pages
Weight
506 grams
Dimensions
21.90 x 15.40 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Western EuropeBritish & Irish historySocial & cultural historyPoverty and precarityGender studies: women and girlsPoverty & unemploymentGender studies: womenSociology: family & relationshipsSociology: family, kinship and relationshipsEuropean historySocial and cultural history
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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. Illegitimacy and the poor law were interdependent and this book charts the experience of unmarried motherhood and the making of metropolitan bastardy.
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.
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