Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900 - 1935
Anna R. Igra
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2007
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| Authors: | Igra, Anna Rachel |
| Publisher: |
Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press |
| Subject: | New York <Staat> | Frau | Armut | Soziale Situation | Sozialhilfeempfängerin | Geschichte 1900-1935 | National Desertion Bureau, New York | History | Case studies | Poor women | New York (State) | New York | Women heads of households | Jewish women | Social conditions | Economic conditions | Absentee fathers | Desertion and non-support | Public welfare | Welfare recipients |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [digitool.hbz-nrw.de] |
| Extent: | VIII, 175 S. : Ill. 24cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Bibliographie |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | They need not become a burden to the state -- The creation of an antidesertion system in New York -- Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse -- Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau -- Desertion and the courts -- Deserted women and social welfare policy -- Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-3070-4 ; 978-0-8078-3070-3 ; 0-8078-5779-3 ; 978-0-8078-5779-3 |
| Classification: | Frau ; Sozial Schwache ; Sozialhilfe |
| Source: |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004900762