Ransel Mothers of Misery

Child Abandonment in Russia
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5944-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 906, 346 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Ransel, David L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES, pg. ix
LIST OF TABLES, pg. xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii
ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiv
ONE. Introduction, pg. 3
TWO. Illegitimacy and Infanticide in Early Modern Russia, pg. 8
THREE. "You Too Shall Live": The Betskoi System, pg. 31
FOUR. The Era of the Turning Cradle in Europe and Russia, pg. 62
FIVE. Public Criticism and Piecemeal Reform, pg. 84
SIX. A Break with the Past, pg. 106
SEVEN. Sex Ratios of the Abandoned Children, pg. 130
EIGHT. The Abandoning Mothers, pg. 150
NINE. Fosterage: The First One Hundred Years, pg. 176
TEN. The Foundling Market: A Network of Exchange between Town and Village, pg. 198
ELEVEN. Geography of the Fosterage System, pg. 222
TWELVE. Social and Medical Consequences of Fosterage, pg. 256
THIRTEEN. Conclusions, pg. 294
APPENDIX, pg. 303
BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 309
INDEX, pg. 325