Poverty, charity, and motherhood maternal societies in nineteenth-century France / Christine Adams.

Author/creator Adams, Christine, 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press,
Descriptionxi, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction: maternal societies in the nineteenth century -- "Moses saved from the waters" : the origins of the Society for Maternal Charity -- "A grand and official institution" : the Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon -- Modeling maternal behavior: relations between the dames visiteuses and the pauvres mères indigentes -- In the public interest: charitable associations and public-utility status -- "Seconding the views of the government" : maternal societies and the state -- Epilogue: toward a welfare state.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2010002140
ISBN9780252035470 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN025203547X (cloth : alk. paper)

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