| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge research in gender and history ; 41 |
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Routledge research in gender and history ; 41.
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| Contents |
Introduction; Part I: Prevalence and Causes; 1. Illegitimacy, Paternity, Courtship, and Poverty; 2. Complicated Relationships and Diverse Identities -- Moving Beyond Courtship and Poverty; Part II: The Mortality Penalty; 3. Illegitimate Infant and Maternal Mortality; 4. Fatal Violence Against Illegitimate Children and Unmarried Pregnant Women; Part III: The Experience of Pregnancy and Childbirth for Unmarried Mothers; 5. Reading and Regulating Reproductive Bodies; 6. The Provision of Care for Unmarried Mothers; Conclusion |
| Summary |
"This is the first-ever book to explore illegitimacy in Wales during the eighteenth century. Drawing on previously-overlooked archival sources, it examines the scope and context of Welsh illegitimacy, and the link between illegitimacy, courtship and economic precarity. It also goes beyond courtship to consider the different identities and relationships of the mothers and fathers of illegitimate children in Wales, and the lived experience of conception, pregnancy and childbirth for unmarried mothers. This book reframes the study of illegitimacy by combining demographic, social and cultural history approaches to emphasize the diversity of experiences, contexts and consequences"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Angela Joy Muir is a Lecturer in British Social and Cultural History at the University of Leicester |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Illegitimacy -- Wales -- History -- 18th century
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Unmarried mothers -- Wales -- History -- 18th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Illegitimacy
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Social conditions
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Unmarried mothers
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| SUBJECT |
Wales -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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| Subject |
Wales
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019055340 |
| ISBN |
9781000035032 |
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1000035034 |
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9781003020516 |
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1003020518 |
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9781000035018 |
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1000035018 |
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9781000035025 |
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1000035026 |
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