ISBN:
9781317793731
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1317793730
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 253 pages)
Series Statement:
Perspectives on gender
Parallel Title:
Print version Social economy of single motherhood
DDC:
306.874320973091734
Keywords:
Single mothers Social conditions
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United States
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Single mothers Economic conditions
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United States
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Welfare recipients United States
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Rural families United States
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Sociology, Rural United States
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Rural families
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Sociology, Rural
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Welfare recipients
;
Single mothers Economic conditions
;
Single mothers Social conditions
;
Rural families United States
;
Single mothers Economic conditions
;
United States
;
Single mothers Social conditions
;
United States
;
Sociology, Rural United States
;
Welfare recipients United States
;
United States
;
USA
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Rural families
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Single mothers ; Economic conditions
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Single mothers ; Social conditions
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Sociology, Rural
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Welfare recipients
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Alleinerziehende Mutter
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Ländlicher Raum
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United States
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USA
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionThe context of single mothers' lives -- Negotiating reciprocity -- Accounting for welfare -- Building and rebuilding the family -- Falling in love (again) -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-245) and index. - Print version record
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