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Single Mothers and their Children : Disposal, Punishment and Survival in Australia (Studies in Australian History)
Single Mothers and their Children Disposal Punishment and Survival in Australia - Studies in Australian History
Author: Shurlee Swain, Renate Howe
This is a powerful and moving history of single motherhood in Australia. It tells the story of these women and their children and the lives they constructed. The book covers the period from the 1850s, when abandonment and infanticide were not uncommon, to 1975, when the legal status of illegitimacy was abolished. While tracing profound changes o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521474436
ISBN-10: 0521474434
Publication Date: 10/28/1996
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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