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Author Gordon, Linda.

Title Heroes of their own lives : the politics and history of family violence : Boston, 1880-1960 / Linda Gordon.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002.
1988.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.8292 G663H    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 383 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction -- "The Cruelty": Child Protection 1880-1910 -- The Progressive-Era Transformation of Child Protection 1900-1920 -- Single Mothers and the Contradictions of Child-Protection Policy -- "So Much for the Children Now So Little Before": Child Neglect and Parental Responsibility -- "Only to Bring My Children Up Good": Child Abuse and Social Change -- "Be Careful About Father": Incest Girls' Resistance and the Construction of Femininity -- "The Powers of the Weak": Wife-Beating and Battered Women's Resistance -- Conclusion: Social Control and the "Powers of the Weak."
Note Originally published: New York : Viking, 1988.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Marital violence -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.
Child abuse -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.
Wife abuse -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.
Incest -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.
ISBN 0252070798 paper alkaline paper
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