ISBN:
9780521621021
,
052162102X
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 267 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
New approaches to European history 35
Series Statement:
New approaches to European history
DDC:
305.48/9694209409034
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Armoede
;
Femmes pauvres - Europe - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Pauvres - Europe - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Sociale geschiedenis
;
Vrouwen
;
Frau
;
Geschichte
;
Wirtschaft
;
Poor women History 19th century
;
Poor History 19th century
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Alltag
;
Armut
;
Soziale Situation
;
Frau
;
Europe - Conditions sociales - 1789-1900
;
Europe - Conditions économiques - 1789-1900
;
Europa
;
Europe Economic conditions 19th century
;
Europe Social conditions 19th century
;
Europa
;
Europa
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Frau
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Europa
;
Armut
;
Frau
;
Alltag
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Abstract:
This is a major new history of the dramatic and enduring changes in the daily lives of poor European women and men in the nineteenth century. Rachel G. Fuchs conveys the extraordinary difficulties facing the destitute from England to Russia, paying particular attention to the texture of women's everyday lives. She shows their strength as they attempted to structure a life and set of relationships within a social order, culture, community, and the law. Also includes information on childbirth, children, contraception, crime, disease, education, family, housing, laws, marriage, migration, mortality, mothers, mortality, Poor Laws (England), poor relief, prostitution, sex and sexuality, welfare, etc.
Note:
Includes bibliography and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23780
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