Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood : Maternal Societies in Nineteenth-Century France.
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- 9780252090011
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- HV761
Cover -- title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledments -- Introduction: Maternal Societies in the Nineteenth Century -- 1. "Moses Saved from the Waters": The Origins of the Society for Maternal Charity -- 2. "A Grand and Official Institution": The Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon -- 3. Modeling Maternal Behavior: Relations between the Dames Visiteuses and the Pauvres Meres Indigentes -- 4. In the Public Interest: Charitable Associations and Public-utility Status -- 5. "Seconding the Views of the Government": Maternal Societies and the State -- Epilogue: Toward a Welfare State -- Notes -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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