Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? : unmarried motherhood in twentieth-century England / Pat Thane and Tanya Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thane, Pat.

Contributor:

Evans, Tanya, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unmarried mothers--England--London--History--18th century.

Unmarried mothers.

Public welfare--England--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A detailed exploration of the real lives of unmarried mothers in England through the past century, this book argues that the 'permissive' sixties were largely a revolt against the secrecy and hypocrisy that went before.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. Secrets and Lies: Being and Becoming an Unmarried Mother in Early Twentieth-Century England; 2. Between the Wars; 3. The Second World War: Another Moral Panic; 4. Unmarried Motherhood in 'Family Britain': Challenging Bowlby; 5. Unmarried Mothers in the 'Welfare State'; 6. The Permissive Society? Unmarried Motherhood in the 1960s; 7. A Finer Future?; 8. The Struggle Continues: 1980s-90s; 9. Into the Twenty-First Century: Progress?; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T

UV; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-968198-8

9786613681089

0-19-161220-0

1-280-77031-7

OCLC:

795705253