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Author Adams, Christine, 1962-

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

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Child welfare -- France -- History.
Child welfare.
France.
History.
Mothers -- Services for -- France -- History.
Mothers -- Services for.
Mothers.
Children -- Services for -- France -- History.
Children -- Services for.
Poor -- Services for -- France -- History.
Poor -- Services for.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Mothers.
Children.
Other Form: Print version: 9786613028709
ISBN 9780252090011 (electronic book)
0252090012 (electronic book)
025203547X
9780252035470
Standard No. 9786613028709