Unmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis, 1700-1850 Pregnancy, the Poor Law and Provision /

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 pregn...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Williams, Samantha (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:	1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:	Social history. Great Britain-History. Civilization-History. Women. Law-History.
ISBN:	9783319733203
Online Access:
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!