| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Gender & American culture
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Gender & American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index. |
| Contents |
They need not become a burden to the state -- The creation of an antidesertion system in New York -- Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse -- Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau -- Desertion and the courts -- Deserted women and social welfare policy -- Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National Desertion Bureau, New York -- History.
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National Desertion Bureau, New York. |
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History. |
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National Desertion Bureau, New York -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
National Desertion Bureau, New York -- History. |
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National Desertion Bureau, New York -- Case studies. |
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National Desertion Bureau, New York -- Histoire. |
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National Desertion Bureau, New York -- Cas, Études de. |
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Poor women -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Poor women. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Women heads of households -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Women heads of households. |
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Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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Jewish women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Absentee fathers -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Absentee fathers. |
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Desertion and non-support -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Desertion and non-support. |
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Public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Public welfare. |
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Welfare recipients -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Welfare recipients. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Igra, Anna R. Wives without husbands. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 9780807830703 0807830704 (DLC) 2006026996 (OCoLC)71006720 |
| ISBN |
9780807876589 (electronic book) |
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0807876585 (electronic book) |
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9780807830703 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807830704 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807857793 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807857793 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
